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The Holy Empire of Shatki

“Fatherland or death!”

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The Holy Empire of Shatki is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Ivan I The Nightmarish with an iron fist, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.225 billion Shatkians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shatki. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Shatkian economy, worth 735 trillion Rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 228,155 Rubles, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,423,846 per year while the poor average 15,588, a ratio of 91.3 to 1.

A small country is wondering where their capitol building's gold dome went, running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police, and internet service is too costly for normal people to purchase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shatki's national animal is the Snake, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Scientific Atheism.

Shatki is ranked 73,503^rd in the world and 65^th in The Invaders for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.54 law-abiding acts per hour.

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