Population | 13.976 billion |
Capital | Constantinopel |
Leader | Imperious Leader |
Faith | Orthodox Catholic Church |
Currency | shekel |
Animal | dolphin |
The Holy Empire of Byzantiaum is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Imperious Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its triple-decker prams, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 13.976 billion Byzantians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Constantinopel. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.5%.
The frighteningly efficient Byzantiaumian economy, worth a remarkable 2,379 trillion shekels a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 170,237 shekels, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 520,040 per year while the poor average 43,194, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.
Money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, diplomacy is a foreign concept to Byzantians, children as young as eight can present logical proofs for the existence of the afterlife, and the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Byzantiaum's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Orthodox Catholic Church.
Byzantiaum is ranked 10,077th in the world and 199th in The North Pacific for Most Stationary, with 2,340.24077307828 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks.
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, children as young as eight can present logical proofs for the existence of the afterlife.
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, diplomacy is a foreign concept to Byzantians.
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them.
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, the Coast Guard is pioneering a quixotic program to train fish.
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, exceptionally healthy police officers can sprint after crooks for hours on end.
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade.
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, the annual Adult Film Awards have a category for most titillating aftershave advert.
- : Byzantiaum was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Populations.
- : Following new legislation in Byzantiaum, a widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat".