Location: Western Atlantic

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy and Most August Empire of Pantocratoria is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Andreus with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 19 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Education, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Rome. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, followed by Gambling and Automobile Manufacturing.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, cheating spouses are required to undergo job training, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and the government's only official statement on the burning down of New Rome was that 'they shouldn't have been so careless'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pantocratoria's national animal is the peacock, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Catholicism or Greek Orthodoxy, and its currency is the Atlantic Ducat.

Pantocratoria is ranked 29th in Western Atlantic and 100,483rd in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -9 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and