Location: Ellorea

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Righteous Imperial Dominion of Tergnitz is a colossal, devout nation, ruled by Emperor Augustus Tiberian Vera with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.53 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pretoria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism industries.

Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, shanty towns have formed around the newly rebuilt commercial district, and new religious sects are squashed immediately by the government. Crime is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Tergnitz's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Varist Christianity , and its currency is the Imperial Dollar.

Tergnitz is ranked 5th in Ellorea and 4,686th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 5 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and