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The Empire of Alterld Sha

“Freedom or death” Khrusos VII

Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Below Average
Economy:
All-Consuming
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Unproven

Location: Lazarus

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Alterld Sha

Population6.519 billion

CapitalAlterld Sha City
LeaderKhrusos VII
FaithDruidism

Currencysilver weight
Animalhorse

The Empire of Alterld Sha is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Khrusos VII with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, free-roaming dinosaurs, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.519 billion Alterld Shans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Environment, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alterld Sha City. The average income tax rate is 31.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Alterld Shan economy, worth 879 trillion silver weights a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 134,841 silver weights, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Visitors to Self-Sufficiency National Park who ask for trail maps are handed a pen and a blank sheet of paper, emigrants arrive on foreign shores with nothing but pocket sand, state-manufactured hammers and sickles are here to stay, and hammer and sickle-wielding space marines are such stuff that dreams are made on. Crime is moderate. Alterld Sha's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Druidism.

Alterld Sha is ranked 285,756th in the world and 9,986th in Lazarus for Most Stationary, with 4.3397194448 days.

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Most Ignorant Citizens: 1,503rdMost Secular: 1,726thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,874thLargest Retail Industry: 2,105thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 2,783rdMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,883rdTop
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Fattest Citizens: 3,958thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 5,955thHighest Disposable Incomes: 7,850thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 8,871stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 9,474thMost Beautiful Environments: 9,533rdLargest Black Market: 10,522ndMost Corrupt Governments: 10,836thNudest: 13,709thTop
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Best Weather: 15,014thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 15,175thMost Armed: 18,815thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 20,887thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 21,550thHighest Poor Incomes: 23,186thHighest Average Incomes: 28,647th
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 63rd in the regionMost Secular: 78th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 102nd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 105th in the regionTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 118th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 189th in the regionFattest Citizens: 231st in the regionTop
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Most Beautiful Environments: 554th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 589th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 595th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 641st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 664th in the regionNudest: 665th in the regionMost Avoided: 770th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 911th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 911th in the regionBest Weather: 926th in the regionLargest Black Market: 961st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 1,036th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Alterld Sha was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Advanced Defense Forces and the Top 10% for Highest Average Incomes and Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : Alterld Sha's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Following new legislation in Alterld Sha, hammer and sickle-wielding space marines are such stuff that dreams are made on.
  • : Following new legislation in Alterld Sha, state-manufactured hammers and sickles are here to stay.
  • : Following new legislation in Alterld Sha, emigrants arrive on foreign shores with nothing but pocket sand.
  • : Following new legislation in Alterld Sha, visitors to Self-Sufficiency National Park who ask for trail maps are handed a pen and a blank sheet of paper.
  • : Alterld Sha altered its national flag.
  • : Alterld Sha was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Alterld Sha ceased to exist in Lazarus.
  • : Alterld Sha's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".

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