Location: The Tyrannian Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Fascist Empire of Old Tyrannia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Gaius Romulus IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, cynical population of 6.025 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Latium City. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Birds and children's kites are regularly brought down by anti-aircraft fire, the populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system, criminals are executed and their property seized, and graffiti graces every city's streets. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Tyrannia's national animal is the Tyrannosaurus rex, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is the Tyrannian Orthodox Church, and its currency is the Imperial Dollar.

Old Tyrannia is ranked 8th in The Tyrannian Empire and 77,087th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -1 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and