Location: Gate of Evil

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Autocracy of One All-Powerful Guy is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Tsar Aleksandr III Romanov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.344 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sankt-Peterburg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Automobile Manufacturing.

Commuter vessels have trouble staying afloat due to increased passengers, legions of police officers force people to move into massive urban apartments, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, and conscientious objectors are hanged as traitors. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. One All-Powerful Guy's national animal is the Eurasian Brown Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Russian Orthodox Christianity, and its currency is the Imperial Ruble.

One All-Powerful Guy is ranked 4th in Gate of Evil and 467th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 55 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and