Location: St Abbaddon

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Peaceful Population of Sanc Empire is a massive, safe nation, ruled by MIlliardo Peacecraft with an even hand, and remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.537 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Peacecraft. The average income tax rate is 45%, but much higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

MIlliardo Peacecraft has just been declared ruler of Sanc Empire in an international press conference, Pacifism has been named as Sanc Empire's national religion, school uniforms are compulsory, and the nation has an international reputation for compassion. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sanc Empire's national animal is the heero, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Pacifism, and its currency is the relena.

Sanc Empire is ranked 19th in St Abbaddon and 68,794th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -14 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and