Location: Europa

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Greater Holy Empire of Tagmatium is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Holy Emperor Kommodos III with an iron fist, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, cynical population of 15.45 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 concentrates mainly on Defence, although Education and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tagmatika. The average income tax rate is 98%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Airship use has soared while property values beneath their routes have plummeted, all guns must be registered, Tagmatium's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and military service is compulsory. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tagmatium's national animal is the Landfish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Iconoclastic Orthodox Church, and its currency is the Hyperpyron Sterling.

Tagmatium is ranked 2nd in Europa and 592nd in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 136 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and