Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner
Location: the Rejected Realms
Population | 42.852 billion |
Capital | Constantinople |
Leader | Justinian and Theodora |
Faith | Orthodoxy |
Currency | bezant |
Animal | eagle |
The Holy Empire of Byzant is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Justinian and Theodora with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 42.852 billion Byzantians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Constantinople. The average income tax rate is 20.3%.
The frighteningly efficient Byzantian economy, worth a remarkable 9,297 trillion bezants a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 216,959 bezants, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.
Boys who even ask about cheerleading are placed on the Sex Offenders Register, withdrawal of support for drug addicts is leaving many with cold sweats, nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, and one of the nation's leading exports is empty platitudes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Byzant's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Orthodoxy.
Byzant is ranked 93,893rd in the world and 2,234th in the Rejected Realms for Most Conservative, scoring 67.08 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Byzant, one of the nation's leading exports is empty platitudes.
- : Following new legislation in Byzant, nuclear physics is the most popular course at university.
- : Following new legislation in Byzant, withdrawal of support for drug addicts is leaving many with cold sweats.
- : Byzant was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Following new legislation in Byzant, boys who even ask about cheerleading are placed on the Sex Offenders Register.
- : Following new legislation in Byzant, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms.
- : Following new legislation in Byzant, chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom.
- : Following new legislation in Byzant, there's a bright dawn ahead for Byzant.
- : Following new legislation in Byzant, the overhead luggage compartment is often full.
- : Byzant was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Wealthy Incomes.