Spotlight on:

“Orta recens quam pura nites ”

The Radiant Ascendance of Onarii is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.626 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although the Environment and Social Welfare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Radiance. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Tax evaders are regularly visited by agents of the Onarii Blood Tithe, international tensions are high as Onarii threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Onarii's national animal is the White Stag, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the lucent.

Onarii is ranked 2450th in the region and 53,594th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.