The Plutocratic Shahdom of The Parthians is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Shah Khosru III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, unlimited-speed roads, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 44.125 billion Parthians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Persepolis. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient The Parthian economy, worth an astonishing 16,903 trillion Rials a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 383,093 Rials, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,570,684 per year while the poor average 3,669, a ratio of 973 to 1.

It's always rabbit season, only the wealthy vote, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Parthians's national animal is the Working Class, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Zoroastrianism.

The Parthians is ranked 97,447^th in the world and 21^st in Gholgoth for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,500.26 on the Gilded Widget Scale.