Location: Tyrrhenia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Republic of Ascelonia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Charles Stephan I with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 9.233 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, liberal, pro-business individuals juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cyrone. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Gambling industries.

Door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', the government is giving peace a chance, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Ascelonia's national animal is the Azkelonischen Seelöwe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Ascelonian Credit.

Ascelonia is ranked 20th in Tyrrhenia and 130,060th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with -12 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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