Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Regional Influence: Squire
Location: Gypsy Lands
Population | 1.061 billion |
Capital | Steel Palace |
Leader | Empress Liang Mei |
Faith | Imperial Machine Cult |
Currency | yuan |
Animal | steel dragon |
The Technocratic Empire of Steel Dynasty is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Liang Mei with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.061 billion Imperials 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 prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Steel Palace. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Imperial economy, worth 170 trillion yuan 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. 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 160,380 yuan, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 824,552 per year while the poor average 17,055, a ratio of 48.3 to 1.
The hills are alive with the sound of ringtones, all work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull, the alien invasion siren sounds eerily like a UFO, and the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Steel Dynasty's national animal is the steel dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Imperial Machine Cult.
Steel Dynasty is ranked 278,481st in the world and 48th in Gypsy Lands for Most Income Equality, scoring 2.07 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, the alien invasion siren sounds eerily like a UFO.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, all work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, the hills are alive with the sound of ringtones.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, cremation is compulsory for the deceased.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, many marriages go virtually unconsummated.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, first-time moms are expected to be experienced parents from day one.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, official medical guidelines insist that childbirth is 'almost totally painless'.
- : Following new legislation in Steel Dynasty, atheists on vacation find Imperial Machine Cult's scriptures make useful doorstops.