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“NationStates - Bow Down; Bow Down to Scourge”
| Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
| Civil Rights: Outlawed |
Economy: Strong |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Regional Influence: Nipper
Location: Balder
| Population | 13.923 billion |
| Capital | Blightheim |
| Leader | Scourge Alice |
| Faith | the Scourge |
| Currency | Gold Dusk |
| Animal | Vampire Ghost Cow |
The Devastated Dominions of The Desolation Dynasty is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Scourge Alice with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, prohibition of alcohol, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.923 billion hopeless people are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized morass — prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Spirituality, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Education are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blightheim. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.
The strong a Desolation Dynastyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,876 trillion Gold Dusks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Basket Weaving and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 134,774 Gold Dusks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.
State officials tend to disappear after they forget to salute Scourge Alice's portrait, pro-democracy protesters are shot on sight by state police, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies, and the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Desolation Dynasty's national animal is the Vampire Ghost Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Scourge.
The Desolation Dynasty is ranked 1,453rd in the world and 85th in Balder for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 25,375.9 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
The Desolation Dynasty, the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape.
- : Following new legislation in The Desolation Dynasty, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies.
- : Following new legislation in The Desolation Dynasty, pro-democracy protesters are shot on sight by state police.
- : Following new legislation in The Desolation Dynasty, state officials tend to disappear after they forget to salute Scourge Alice's portrait.
- : Following new legislation in The Desolation Dynasty, anti-environmentalist dissidents must beware of government plants in their midst.
- : Following new legislation in The Desolation Dynasty, over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes.
- : Following new legislation in The Desolation Dynasty, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption.
- : Following new legislation in The Desolation Dynasty, prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls.
- : The Desolation Dynasty was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead.
- : The Desolation Dynasty's influence in Balder rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
