Location: Tyrrhenia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Diadokhoi Confederation of Emperatium Drakonicum is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Wenzel Allamanikoi with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.663 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and Religion & Spirituality are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Byzantinoupolis. The average income tax rate is 15%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Information Technology and Book Publishing.

The government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, Feathered Dragons are considered a delicacy, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emperatium Drakonicum's national animal is the Feathered Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Ellysian Orthodoxy, and its currency is the Standard Mark.

Emperatium Drakonicum is ranked 17th in Tyrrhenia and 82,905th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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