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The Supreme World Empire of Zaphorhiziya |
“Gloria! Gloria Imperator, Ad victoriam in aeternum!”
Category: Corporate Police State | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Location: Lazarus |
Regional Influence: Hatchling |
The Supreme World Empire of Zaphorhiziya is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Lord Ciaran Merlin with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, avowedly heterosexual populace, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.125 billion Zaphorhiziyans 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, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vladiovostok. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.2%.
The frighteningly efficient Zaphorhiziyan economy, worth 169 trillion Zaphorhiziums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 150,257 Zaphorhiziums, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,366,007 per year while the poor average 1,890, a ratio of 722 to 1.
Atheists on vacation find Hinduism's scriptures make useful doorstops, the nation's hospitals are criticized for caring more about profits than patients, it's not mass murder when the government does it, and it is typical to be greeted by a string of curse words in Zaphorhiziyan restaurants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zaphorhiziya's national animal is the King Cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hinduism.
Zaphorhiziya is ranked 305,048th in the world and 12,757th in Lazarus for Most Primitive, scoring -424.09 on the Scary Big Number Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, it is typical to be greeted by a string of curse words in Zaphorhiziyan restaurants.
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, it's not mass murder when the government does it.
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, the nation's hospitals are criticized for caring more about profits than patients.
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, atheists on vacation find Hinduism's scriptures make useful doorstops.
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth.
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, it is illegal to carry an umbrella when the official weather forecast predicts a sunny day.
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts.
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, formerly fertile fields are being leached dry of nutrients by intensive farming.
- : Following new legislation in Zaphorhiziya, running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training.
- : Zaphorhiziya's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: None.