Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of The Third Imperium is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Richard Cavalier with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.615 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is effectively ruled by the Department of Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Healthcare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Falls Church. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Information Technology industries.

A typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, and military spending is on the increase. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Third Imperium's national animal is the Dung Beetle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Ecu.

The Third Imperium is ranked 4,187th in the South Pacific and 128,666th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with -9 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and