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The Holy Exarchate of Iron Alliance is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Blessed Exarch Zorrak IX with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.069 billion Pyramidians 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 Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maeleum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 82.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Pyramidian economy, worth a remarkable 1,592 trillion Forged Soliduses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 262,333 Forged Soliduses, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,401,767 per year while the poor average 25,754, a ratio of 54.4 to 1.

Cheap textbooks have replaced coasters at college ragers, airport security is provided by private companies, nobody draws smiley faces on receipts anymore, and meat-eating is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iron Alliance's national animal is the Chthonic Daemon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of Ch'thon.

Iron Alliance is ranked 5,215^th in the world and 371^st in Lazarus for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 14,228.56 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.