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The Lazarene Ambassador Duchy of Retz

“Kentoc'h mervel eget bezań saotret”

Category: Moralistic Democracy
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Strong
Political Freedoms:
Below Average

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: the Pacific

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Retz

Population11.086 billion

CapitalPornic
LeaderDuke Athanase Aaryn de Retz
FaithRoman Catholicism

CurrencyRetzian Pound
AnimalStoat

The Lazarene Ambassador Duchy of Retz is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Duke Athanase Aaryn de Retz with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, devout population of 11.086 billion Retzians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pornic. The average income tax rate is 29.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Retzian economy, worth 760 trillion Retzian Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,614 Retzian Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

A five-year-old and a convicted terrorist can sit alongside one another in jury service, the last thing Retzian soldiers hear before charging into battle is a preacher trying to convert them, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, and you need a signed affidavit from a registered psychiatrist to claim that you have crazy low prices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Retz's national animal is the Stoat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Retz is ranked 55,946th in the world and 476th in the Pacific for Most Stationary, with 787.75933611148 days.

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5%
Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 6,797thTop
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Most Devout: 16,537thMost Cheerful Citizens: 28,361stSafest: 29,644th
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Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 71st in the regionMost Devout: 192nd in the regionTop
10%
Largest Populations: 278th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 417th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Retz was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
  • : Retz was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
  • : Retz was ravaged by a Zombie Thing Horde from The Cold Personification of Arcti-Chan, infecting 10 million survivors and converting to a zombie exporter! Oh no!
  • : Retz was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Zombified and the Top 10% for Most Dead.
  • : Retz was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
  • : Retz's influence in The Pacific rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
  • : Retz was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cheerful Citizens.
  • : Retz was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
  • : Retz was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cheerful Citizens.
  • : Retz altered its national flag.

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