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The Celestial Empire of Astariel

“In Dragunov We Trust!”

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The Celestial Empire of Astariel is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Dragunov the Great with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, triple-decker prams, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.113 billion Imperials 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dragunovia. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Astarielic economy, worth 266 trillion Denaris a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,885 Denaris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Churches frequently hold public 'contraception burnings', Air Astariel tickets have reached sky-high prices due to a complete monopoly on air travel, a soldier's body is a temple, and it is considered unpatriotic to learn a foreign language. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astariel's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Imperial Cult.

Astariel is ranked 71,470^th in the world and 118^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Largest Governments, scoring 19.26 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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