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The Holy Empire of Pheretanzia

“Absence of Mistakes”

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The Holy Empire of Pheretanzia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Veres with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avowedly heterosexual populace, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.679 billion Pheretanzians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terenviol. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.7%.

The powerhouse Pheretanzian economy, worth 104 trillion Vervins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 62,419 Vervins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 291,510 per year while the poor average 7,996, a ratio of 36.5 to 1.

A valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales', people are always able to look each other in the eye, therapists dispense hugs for heroin dealers and cuddles for crackheads, and children aren't allowed to chew their pencils until they get home from school. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pheretanzia's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Varenain.

Pheretanzia is ranked 122,738^th in the world and 5,894^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.44 law-abiding acts per hour.

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