The Empire of ESPARTHAN is a huge, safe nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 773 million ESPARTHANIANS 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.
The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ESPAHAN. The average income tax rate is 45.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The thriving ESPARTHANian economy, worth 54.0 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 69,879 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.
Customs officials often double as wedding officiants, the country routinely whitewashes uncomfortable parts of its history, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech, and glamping ESPARTHANIANS won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ESPARTHAN's national animal is the Lion.
ESPARTHAN is ranked 109,415th in the world and 4,809th in the South Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 545.09 pounds of wildlife per square mile.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : ESPARTHAN was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector and the Top 10% for Most Average.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, glamping ESPARTHANIANS won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, the country routinely whitewashes uncomfortable parts of its history.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, customs officials often double as wedding officiants.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons.
- : Following new legislation in ESPARTHAN, election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes.
