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The Greater Empire of Alchbyre

“Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor Earth two masters.”

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The Greater Empire of Alchbyre is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Erevis Kanir with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 11.551 billion Alchbyreans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oslo. The average income tax rate is 49.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alchbyrean economy, worth a remarkable 1,629 trillion crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,084 crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens ask "how many crooks could a nunchuck hook if a nun had nunchucks too?", begun the Clone Wars have, college athletes are arrested for selling lemonade, and schoolboys trained in chivalry are encouraged to duel other boys for a maiden's hand. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alchbyre's national animal is the White-throated dipper, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Asatro.

Alchbyre is ranked 17,396^th in the world and 9^th in The Dimensional Rift for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,123.01 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

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