Location: Imperosphere

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The Holy Empire of Cybus1 is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Alexander Mercer with an iron fist, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.203 billion 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."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcadia. The average income tax rate is 96%. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Cybus1's national animal is the Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Mercerism, and its currency is the Cybusian Credit.

Cybus1 is ranked 7th in Imperosphere and 31,341st in the world for Most Influential, scoring 17 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and