Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Theocracies of Transeden is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 9.787 billion 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Law & Order and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sibylline. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30%. A small private sector is dominated by the Soda Sales industry.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, the state subsidizes liposuction, students in Transeden's schools rarely attend their classes, and protesters against the government are hanged as a warning to others. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Transeden's national animal is the Therns Shedevil, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Oro.

Transeden is ranked 2,493rd in Lazarus and 80,863rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and