Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dictatorship of Romanian Dictator is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.576 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

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 Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Romanian Dictator City. The average income tax rate is 81%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Basket Weaving industry, followed by Book Publishing and Door-to-door Insurance Sales.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, a recent law has banned homes from having any more than one wheel, and the national Police Academies have dedicated infant wings. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Romanian Dictator's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Leu.

Romanian Dictator is ranked 3,983rd in the West Pacific and 93,911th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -25 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and