Location: Bollard

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The Holy Empire of The Imperial Realm Of Cyrodil is a huge, economically powerful nation, ruled by The right honourable Sir Luke Richards with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 905 million 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.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Emerald City. The average income tax rate is 2%. 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.

The government is sending thousands of citizens overseas to defend a square mile of land, a cyber-war between file sharers and the music industry formats hard drives across the country, muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions, and movies and computer games are strictly censored for violence. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Imperial Realm Of Cyrodil's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Pound.

The Imperial Realm Of Cyrodil is ranked 1st in Bollard and 71,298th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -15 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and