Location: The New Inquisition

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kaiserin-Worshipping Temple of The Royal Hapsburgs is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Kaiser Friedrich III with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.907 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture.

Atheists and evolutionary biologists are fleeing the country like rats from a sinking ship, convicted felons are forced into slavery for their crimes, society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy, and airship use has soared while property values beneath their routes have plummeted. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Royal Hapsburgs's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Kaiserin Worship, and its currency is the German Mark.

The Royal Hapsburgs is ranked 4th in The New Inquisition and 785th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 44 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and