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The Holy Empire of Vasilinople

“Gia ton Christó kai ton Aftokrátora”

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The Holy Empire of Vasilinople is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Andronikos V with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 24.217 billion Vasilinopolians 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 relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vasilinople. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Vasilinopolitan economy, worth a remarkable 6,066 trillion Hyperpyrons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 250,492 Hyperpyrons, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Monocled merchants with funny accents are applying for Vasilinopolitan citizenship in droves, behind every local dictator is a Vasilinopolitan advisor whispering in their ear, scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, and women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vasilinople's national animal is the Eastern Imperial Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Vasilinople is ranked 3,198^th in the world and 4^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Most Cultured, scoring 206 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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