Location: Dragon

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Undead Empire of Hatred and Darkness is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Emperor Nekros with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of public education. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 21.021 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 devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helsgate. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Cremation is compulsory for the deceased, nursing mothers are often arrested for indecent exposure, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, and otherwise healthy people are being sent to internment camps because they have VODAIS. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Hatred and Darkness's national animal is the Blind Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Lichdom, and its currency is the Imperial Mark.

Hatred and Darkness is ranked 2nd in Dragon and 524th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 19 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and