Location: The Federal Union

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The Devil-may-care Autocracy of Phaedrus Imperator is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the High Overlord of the Glorious Empire with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.349 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, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Citadel. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Information Technology and Uranium Mining.

Frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, military spending recently hit a new high, penurious citizens die from easily remedied ailments because they aren't 'taking enough initiative', and police officers have nearly cracked a major underage astronomy syndicate. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Phaedrus Imperator's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is non-existant, and its currency is the Skraal-e.

Phaedrus Imperator is ranked 7th in The Federal Union and 124,374th in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -28 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and