Spotlight on:

“By Any Means Necessary”

Overview • Factbook • Dispatches • Policies • People • Government • Economy • Rank • Trend • Cards

The Deedlit Empire of Corzerran is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Zachary Graham with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.845 billion Corzerraneans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solaria. The average income tax rate is 27.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Corzerranean economy, worth 362 trillion lires a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 62,058 lires, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, political activists are routinely executed, and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corzerran's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Nexite Church.

Corzerran is ranked 133,737^th in the world and 100^th in Corsair for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 512.15 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.