Location: Assassins

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Byzantine Sector of The Assassins is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Nicephorus Xerus with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed population of 3.224 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, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Roma. The average income tax rate is 98%. 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.

A ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, homeless people are frequently charged with trespassing on public property, The Assassins's airwaves are dominated by corporate-backed commercial radio, and glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Assassins's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Orthodox Christianity, and its currency is the Solidus.

The Assassins is ranked 7th in Assassins and 79,206th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 98 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and