Location: Brochis

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Sturisoma is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Kreu Patrembur with an iron fist, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-working, cynical population of 2.399 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 the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shenjtë Kodër. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Information Technology and Tourism.

Inheritance tax has recently been abolished, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Shenjtë Kodër, and mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sturisoma's national animal is the lightning bug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Sturisoman Orthodox Church, and its currency is the koob.

Sturisoma is ranked 8th in Brochis and 10,625th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 9 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and