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The Empire of Sariss

“We Will Endure”

Category: Corporate Police State
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Very Strong
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Dealmaker

Location: Pelican

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Sariss

Population858 million

Currencycredit
Animalrancor

The Empire of Sariss is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 858 million Sarissians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.6%.

The very strong Sarissian economy, worth 57.4 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Average income is 66,878 credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 204,298 per year while the poor average 16,969, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Sariss's national animal is the rancor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sariss is ranked 321,350th in the world and 7th in Pelican for Smartest Citizens, with 9.64 quips per hour.

Top
5%
Largest Cheese Export Sector: 16,802ndTop
10%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 24,573rdLargest Insurance Industry: 24,765thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 29,839th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican fell from "Enforcer" to "Dealmaker".
  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican rose from "Instigator" to "Enforcer".
  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican rose from "Contender" to "Instigator".
  • : Sariss was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from The Federal Republic of Progets, curing 4 million infected.
  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican rose from "Truckler" to "Contender".
  • : Sariss's influence in Pelican rose from "Vassal" to "Truckler".

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