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| Capital | Shaz City | |||||
| Largest city | Joliet | |||||
| Official languages | Legal Doc: Shazite; Standard Doc: English | |||||
| Ethnic groups (1242) | Shazite, Brittish, French | |||||
| Demonym | Nown: Shazite
Adjective: Shazbotian Plural: Shazites |
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| Government | Constitutional Monarchy | |||||
| - | Supreme Emperor | Larry Williams | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Stephanie F. Alridge | ||||
| - | Senatorial President Pro Temp | TBD | ||||
| - | Speaker of the House | TBD | ||||
| Legislature | Imperial Parliament | |||||
| Refugees from Cultural Oppression | ||||||
| - | Left Europe | c.1019 | ||||
| - | Original Founding | c.1021 | ||||
| - | Original Constitution | c.1022 | ||||
| - | Dissolution of Constitution | C.1456 | ||||
| - | Leaving North America | c.1456 | ||||
| - | Landing on Shazonite Island | c.1458 | ||||
| - | New Constitution | 25th September, 1458 | ||||
| - | Founding of Parliament | 1st October, 1458 | ||||
| - | Dissolution of Parliament | 15th July, 1999 | ||||
| - | Re-Founding of Parliament | 1st January, 2010 | ||||
| - | Establishment of Imperial Family | 20th November, 2014 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 360,000 km2 138,996 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 0.99 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2016 estimate | 24,772,000,000 | ||||
| - | Density | 68000/km2 178,000/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | 192,138,213,934,114.31 | ||||
| - | Per capita | 7756.26 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | 191,967,913,726,347.19 | ||||
| - | Per capita | 7,749.39 | ||||
| Gini (2019) | 23 low |
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| HDI (2020) | 0.892 very high |
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| Currency | Black Dollar (B$) |
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| Time zone | (UTC-8) | |||||
| Date format | DD MM, YYYY (CE) | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | 571+ | |||||
| Internet TLD | .SHZ | |||||
Shazbotdom, officially designated as The Shazbotdom Empire, began as a collection of Islands in the tropical sections of the Pacific Ocean. It is unsure as to how it was formed due to there not being sufficient information. Although it is speculated that the Island of the Shazbotdom Empire were formed from volcanic activity as well as other types of natural disasters. One such theory is that Shazbotdom Bay (located south central Shaz Island) was originally filled in but, due to a massive earthquake, broke apart and the left over chunks of land became Tip Island, Kent Island and Thero Island.
The National Motto, Veritas Omnia Vincit, was picked in a nationwide contest. This is a contest in which High School Students submitted their idea of what the National Motto should be and then the winning motto was then translated to Latin previous to it's use. The Imperial Seal was also orriginally designed by another High School Student and was picked in a nation wide contest. The template for the Imperial Seal was then used for the creation of the seal's for the Colonies of the Shazbotdom Empire, which are depicted below. The change in the seal's for the Colonies of the Shazbotdom Empire were done over a period of 6 months in 2013 (Shazbodom Standard Calendar).
The Great Migration began in the year 2015 when all the citizens of the Imperial Mainland, by decree of the Supreme Emperor, relocated to the Region of Ellorea. This was done in an effort to gain not only more territory, but also to establish a growing friendship with the members of the Ellorean Region, of whom the Empire has had exceptional relations with in the past.
Contents
Etymology
Information regarding the history of the name Shazbotdom stems from the founding of the nation.
Shazonitedom
The original name of the Empire, back during it's founding in the early 11th Century when they were settled within the North American continent with the vikings, originates from the name of the ethnic group that left Europe. The Shazonites were a minority ethnic group that existed in Europe. When the Empire was first founded, it was called "Shazonitedom".
Shazbotdom
It wasn't until many years later when the first leader of the Empire was picked and into his first few terms in office that the official name was changed to Shazbotdom, in honor of the first Emperor, Mr. Shaz Bot. Several times the name of the Nation was attempted to be changed via Referendum, which was shot down every time by a majority vote.
History
The Exile and The Colonization
In the late 10th Century, a group of people who called themselves Shazonites were under constant prosecuted in Europe. Mainly in the nations of Germany, Austria, France, Spain and Portugal where they were fined heavily, and in some cases, jailed for their beliefs and way of life. In fact, the Germans even went as far as to torture the Shazonites for information about the location of more of their kind and what their names were. After 20 years of prosecution they left to find a place of their own. They paid the Vikings to bring them to a land in which the other European Kingdoms did not know of, they were brought to what would later be called the America's. They had a long stay on the American continents for the better part of the very early 11th Century in the far northern sections of North America. They longed for a place to call their own and, in 1456, set sail with some ships that were purchased from the Vikings and headed out into open waters.
They then ran across and Island that was otherwise unknown. They named it Hades Island, due to the fact that it was found to be desolate along the shoreline, where the first settlements were placed. After moving inland they found many lush forests. They then began to build cities, the first was Shazonite City, named after their ethnic group. Having no real governmental leader during this time-frame, only the rudimentary small-scale governing body that had governed the Shazonite people since they arrived in the America's, they bartered for all supplies among themselves with the items that they made themselves. In the early 20th Century, it was decided that they would pick a leader to rule their nation. With a vote within the Parliament, it was decided that a young man by the name of Shaz Bot would be the leader of the nation. After a successful first couple years of his reign, the people decided to rename the nation Shazbotdom and rename the capital city Shaz City in honor of their new leader.
The First Election
After 55 years of being the Emperor, Mr. Shaz Bot made a decree. The First Imperial Election was to take place. And the kicker was that he was not running for the position in which was created for him. In this election, Mr Galen Q. Leotardia would pull away as the winner and would rule for two terms, winning the Second Imperial Election.
The Nuclear Attack and the Aftermath
It was an early morning in Shazbotdom when two nuclear missiles hit the nation. They hit two military bases where the Get To Know Your Military program was in effect. Several hundred school children from across Shazbotdom were being taken on tours of the buildings at two different military bases when missiels struck them. At the one military base, they had enough warning that all those at the base were hussled into bunkers underneith the base and were kept safe. Although at the other military base, they had no warning before the missile hit and several hundred school children, along with over 4 thousand marines, were killed instantly. This caused Shazbotdom to fortify and construct a Missile Defence Shield. This MDS has expanded over the years to include orbital lasers and missile launch points on the ground. It has never been used but in simulations it has proved 99.9% successful with ICBM's and MRBM's and 100% successful against SRBM's.
The Third Election
The Third Imperial Election saw another change in leadership. Mr. Galen Q. Leotardia was not running in re-election. Instead, for his political party Mr. George A. Loak was running and won by a major margin. He then went on to win the Fourth Imperial Election by a slight margin, beating out the Socialist Shazbot candidate by less than 1,000 votes.
The Sixth Election
After running two successful re-elections, the Sixth Imperial Elections saw the emergence of Larry Williams, an otherwise unknown in the political arena and former Minister of Foreign Affairs for the George A. Loak administration, running against his former boss. With a total of four candidates running against George A. Loak within this election, only two came out on top. After the main election, there were a total of four run-off Elections between the newcomer, Larry Williams, and the incumbent, George A. Loak, both candidates finished with roughly 49.934% of the vote, with the remainder of the less than 1% going to write in candidates. It wasn't until the fifth run-off election where Larry Williams was able to secure the vote and get 51.002% of the votes within the Empire.
Post Sixth Election
The night of the last run-off election, a very exhausted George A. Loak took to the podium within the Imperial palace and conceded defeat to his former protege. Thus began the reign of Larry Williams within the Empire. Within the first year of his tenure as Supreme Emperor, Larry began to rework the governmental structure of the Empire. Seeing the corruption of the Imperial Parliament, he ordered forces from the Shazbotdom Army (now reorganized into the Marines) to storm the Parliament building and arrest those who were taking bribes in order to pass laws that undermined the safety and security of the Empire. With the amount of members that were arrested, it was in the decision of the Joint Chiefs and the Ministers to dissolve the Parliament for the time being under Article 2 of the Imperial Constitution.
The Empire at Current
Since the beginning of the Larry Williams era within the Empire, personal freedoms have skyrocketed to unseen levels within Shazbotdom, forging an era of peace and prosperity within the land. Political freedoms are at an all time high, with more than 8 Political Parties taking part in the previous elections and nearly all of them getting seats within both houses of the Imperial Parliament.
The Economy within the Empire has faulted a little during the last few years, mainly due to increasing tensions between the Axis Commonwealth and the Santiago Anti-Communist Treaty Organization, causing many of the Empire's former trade partners to withdraw their support due to the increasing hostilities at the time. Currently, the Economy is in an upswing upon the market hearing of talks between SACTO and the Imperial Government.
Geography, Climate, Environment
Geography
The Shazbotdom Imperial Mainland, as it currently stands, is a Peninsula along the eastern edge of the Region of Ellorea. A lake is located along the western edge of the Mainland and is the natural boarder between the Empire and some Un-colonized lands within the Region. The Capital City, Shaz City, is located within the Central portion of the Western Half of the Empire. There are four main Mountains within the Empire, of which a couple of them have smaller Cities and Towns along their peaks.
Climate
The Climate of the Empire is Sub-Tropical, with the northern boarder of the Empire very close to the Tropic Of Cancer, within the Southern Hemisphere. The median temperatures within the Empire are as follows: -9.5 Degrees Celsius at it's highest point of elevation. 36.6 Degrees Celsius at it's lowest point of elevation. The Summer months are between November and February within the Empire and it's Winter months are between June and August.
Environment
Forests cover roughly 65 Percent of the Empire, Prairies cover 9.5 Percent of the Empire, Water, including the coastal shoreline, covers roughly 5.5 Percent of the Empire, Urban and Suburban area's cover 12.5 Percent and Farm and Ranch Land covers 7.5 Percent of the Empire. There is a wide range of diverse floral life within the Empire with over 180 species of plants, 263 species of marine and 421 species of animal life have been documented.
Indigenous Wildlife
The Havoc, also known as the National Animal of the Shazbotdom Empire, is an indigenous species that has been found within the Empire and doesn't exist within any other part of the world. Shazite Scientists have scoured the globe looking for this species within other nations and area's of the world that are uninhabited, and after searching for more than 50 years, have not found the Havoc within any other part of the world. It was determined that the climate within the Empire, as well as the vegitation and other unknown reasons, are the reason why the HAVOC has not attempted to travel out of the territorial area that they occupy within Shazbotdom.
Demographics
Population
The Population of the Shazbotdom Empire is made up of a very large and diverse group of people. With a majority of the population made up of the original Shazonite people (67%), other ethnic groups within the Empire include English (6%), Spanish (3%), Portuguese (13%), African (3%), Asian (1%), Middle Eastern (4%), and Polynesian (3%). This diverse populace brings many different ideas and schools of thought to the political pool within the Shazbotdom Empire.
Language
The Shazbotdom Empire has two official languages, English and Shazite. The English language is used for every day use within the Empire, as dictated by Imperial Law, while anything associated with Legal Documents within the Empire is done originally within the Shazite language within the Imperial Parliament, but translated into English for the populace to be able to read. Anyone who wishes to attend Law School must pass at least 6 credit hours of college courses in the Shazite language, this is to ensure that the language will not become a lost language within the Empire.
Religion
Even though religion is central to the day to day lives of the people of the Empire, there is no Official Language within the Shazbotdom Empire, and the Government has adopted an idea that the Empire is a Secular State. Christianity in it's various forms is the dominant religion in the Empire, holding 32% of the populace as it's followers, while other religions have their claim on the populace. Buddhism (21%), Hinduism (21%), Islam (6%), Judaism (4%), Jainism (3%), Shinto (5%), Taoism (6%), Uralic (1%) and religions considered Miscellaneous (~1%). A recent trend has shown, though, that Christianity is on the decline and religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism are on the rise within the Empire. Estimates show that in the next 10 years, Christianity will be a minority religion.
Family Structure
Even though it has been widely criticized, the Empire legalized Same Sex and Plural Marriage nearly 35 years ago. This has led to an influx of various faiths that allow the marriage between couples of the same gender as well as multiple spouses. The "Nuclear Family" as dictated by the Christian Faith is something that is still common within the Empire but it is not the norm. Many families are made of either two mothers, two fathers, one mother and multiple fathers or one father and multiple mothers.
Government and Politics
Political Divisions
The Shazbotdom Empire is an Imperial Body consisting of the Mainland and Four Colonial Possessions. The Imperial Mainland is made up of 50 Senatorial Districts and 550 House of Commons districts. The Imperial Colony of Alraibris is made up of ## Senatorial Districts and ## House of Commons Districts. The Imperial Colony of Bolrasha is made up of ## Senatorial Districts and ## House of Commons Districts. The Imperial Colony of Halnara is made up of ## Senatorial Districts and ## House of Commons Districts. The Imperial Colony of Shazbotdom Miroxia is made up of ## Senatorial Districts and ## House of Commons Districts. The Capital of the Shazbotdom Empire is Shaz City, located within West Central Shazbotdom.
Parties and Elections
The Shazbotdom Empire has consisted of a plurality of Political Parties since the founding of the Empire back in the late early 18th Century. Currently consisting of Nine political Parties, each holds it's own set of seats within the Imperial Parliament as dictated throughout the Election Process. Numerous Independents also hold political offices within the Empire. At first, the Supreme Emperor was a position that during the formation of the position, was decided during an Election Process. For six elections, the position bounced around between a couple different political parties until the reign of the current Supreme Emperor, Mr. Larry Williams, when the Parliament made the position permanent and created the Imperial Family.
Foreign Relations
The Empire has ties with a multitude of nations throughout the NS Multiverse, including having close personal ties with nations such as The Dominion of POF and Ganosia through the Axis Commonwealth. It also holds ties to several members of the International Freedom Coalition, as well as the now slumbering Brimstone Pact, Commonwealth of Independent Nations and the Grand Imperial Alliance.
The Imperial Holding of Shazbotdom Miroxia, itself, holds a tie to the Axis Commonwealth as the Headquarters of the Alliance is located within the City of Chigo. It is here that the membership of the Alliance meet to discuss the happenings of the world and if those happenings are of importance to the AC and threaten peace-time stability throughout the world.
The Empire also spend roughly $3.2 Trillion on Foreign Aide to nations around the world, including giving loans through the Imperial Bank to developing nations totaling $15.9 Trillion per year. This has helped boost the economy of the Empire and also serves as a method for expanding the Political Influence of the Empire to the developing world.
Alliances - Member
As it currently stands, the Empire is a member of Five (5) Alliances, some have gone into a state of slumber as of this point in time and the Empire is waiting until they are called upon to help members of those alliances.
| Alliance Name | Ambassador | (In)Active |
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| The Axis Commonwealth | Mr. Jeremy G. Gerontith | Active |
| The International Freedom Coalition | Mr. Timmothy Moorston | Active |
| Commonwealth of Independent Nations | None | Inactive |
| The Brimstone Pact | Mr. Phillip Z. Gangerton | Inactive |
| The Grand Imperial Alliance | Dr. Thompson K. Reynolds | Inactive |
Alliances - Observer
The Empire also prides itself in observing alliances in an attempt to further it's political ties throughout the world. As it currently stands, the Empire is an Observer in Three (3) Alliances, although it has not sent any Ambassadors to these alliances. If it is needed, the Empire sends someone from the Diplomatic Corps for discussions with those Alliances.
| The United Left | United Socialist Nations | The New Christian Liberty Alliance |
Other Memberships
Besides being a member and observer of several Alliances, the Empire also has Ambassadors to Two (2) other organizations. The Empire has an official Ambassador to not only the World Assembly, but also the Host Region of the Empire, Ellorea.
| Alliance Name | Ambassador | (In)Active |
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| The World Assembly | Mr. Antuan D. Flaberghast | Active |
| The Region of Ellorea | Mr. Samuele J. Leonardi | Active |
Government Finance
Taxing within the Empire is done on an Imperial, Colonial and City-State level, with the Imperial Tax Rates in the Empire on a flat 5% tax rate for all income brackets. This makes up a total of 85% of the total Budget for the Empire. There is also a Imperial 1.35% Sales Tax rate on items that the Empire deems to be 'luxury items'; such as high octane sports cars, Televisions over 35", Cellular Phones priced at B$100 or more and Private Jets.
The City-States within the Empire collect taxes at a 0.05% rate for Income Tax and 6.5% rate for Sales Taxes, equating for the large majority (95%) of their budgets for Fiscal Year 2019. The rest of their budget comes from Fines from parking enforcement, speeding tickets, etc on the streets of each City-State.
The Military
The Military of the Shazbotdom Empire is broken down into several specific branches. Broken down into FIVE (5) Active branch forces and SIX (6) Reserve forces. Each goes through special training to ensure that they are prepared for anything that would need to be accomplished through their specific set of skills. From Naval Incursions, Naval Bombardments, areal insertions to your basic and old school ground and pound operations, the military of the Empire are on a nearly constant state of readiness.
The Marines
The two broad branches of the Active Military are the Marine Corps and the Imperial Navy. With the Marine Corps broken down into FOUR (4) sub groups with their own command structure. These are the Standard Marines, BlackOps Marines, SCS Marines and the Marine Air Corps.
Standard Marines
The Marine Corps is the standard fighting force of the Shazbotdom Empire. It is currently broken up into Two (2) Primary Battalions, the Infantry Battalion and the Mechanized Battalion. The Infantry Battalion is then broken up into Five (5) Sub Battalions, the Recon, Demolitions, Assault, Close Quarters Combat and Base Defense Battalions. The Mechanized Battalions are broken up into Six (6) Sub Battalions, the Combat Support, Transportation, Desert Scout, Assault, Air Defense and Recon Battalions. Each was designed and designated for specific purposes in most combat operations.
Black Ops Marines
The Black Operations are highly trained in hand to hand and gurrilla warfare. They strike and then leave as soon as possible with precision tactics. Not much else is known or to be released to public knoledge. Using sophisticated training and years of combat experience, these brave men and women take on the missions that the Standard Marine Corps is not quite trained enough to handle.
SCS Marines
The SCS Project was originally conceived 5 years after the Marine Corps came into play. It's purpose was to design a Marine Unit that would be invincible to most ammunition. It's armor is a composite that will take damage, but not be penetrated, by most types of ammunition available on the open market. The original design process was long as it looked at more than 40 different armor permutations before it came up with the final product that would become the Mark 1. This caused major budget overages that almost caused the program to be halted. The SCS Project has gone through Three versions to date, with the Mark 2 and Mark 3 being the current versions. The Mark 1 was discontinued in 2016.
Marine Air Corps
The Shazbotdom Marine Air Corps is comprised of any and all Aircraft of the Empire. From the Transportation Aircraft to the Unmanned Aircraft, the Marine Air Corps are the ones who fly it all. The development of the Marine Air Corps occurred just recently due to the need for a separate entity from the Corps with their own Command Structure due to overloading of the regular Marine Corps Command Chain.
Shortly after the development of the Marine Air Corps, uniforms were of the top priority for the identity of the pilots, as they would now need their own unique equipment for future operations. After brainstorming at the Air Corps Command Center, the new Uniform as well as flight suit were designed by a think tank of Independent Advisers. With the creation of the new uniforms and flight suit, a reorganization of the current Air Corps became necessary.
The reorganization of the Marine Air Corps was just one step further in the advancement of the Military within the Shazbotdom Empire. With previously there being only two Divisions (Transportation and Bombing) within the Air Corps while it was a subsidiary of the main Marine Corps; a need for attack squadrons became a necessity. Flight Groups were reorganized into Fighter, Transportation, Combat Support and Bomber. One Aircraft, the AH-33 Falcon, can be utilized in a Transportation role as well as a Combat Support role due to its design. Another aircraft, the UA-66 Longfellow, can be utilized in a Fighter role as well as a Bombing role due to its flexibility as being designed with guns as well as missile and rocket launchers as well as a bomb bay that holds 4 medium sized bombs for bombing troop emplacements as well as vehicles.
The Shazbotdom Navy was originally created as a defense force for the mainland. Currently consisting of 33 Battlegroups. Each of these Battle Groups is composed of multiple different types of ships, currently these ships have been purchased from the Shipyards of Halycon Arms, or the Empire has purchased Domestic Production Rights for the ships that are currently used.
Whenever orders are issues to the 33 various fleets of the Imperial Navy, they mainly come from Shazbotdom Naval Command. With their head offices on the Imperial Mainland located just north of the bridge leading to Southland Island, these house the offices of the main Admirality, including the head offices of Grand Admiral James E. Rockenbach.
The bases are located in various locations throughout the Empire, with one located along the Continental Holdings of the Shazbotdom Empire, just north of the Kenner Tunnel. other locations include along the southern edge of the Imperial Mainland just south of the City of Livingston and a joint base between the Shazbotdom Empire and the ally of Minnysota on the Eastern side of Kenrick Island, which lies north of the Imperial Mainland. There are also several other locations, including Naval Bases at the Imperial Colonies of Alraibris, Bolrasha, Halnara and Shazbotdom Miroxia.
Law Enforcement and Crime
Law enforcement in the Empire is primarily the responsibility of local police, with a regional police force providing broader services. The Police Department within the Imperial City of Joliet (JPD) is the largest in the country. Agencies on the National Government level, such as the Imperial Investigation Bureau (IIB), have specialized duties, including protecting civil rights, national security and enforcing Imperial Courts' Rulings and the Laws of the Shazbotdom Empire. At the national level and in almost every city state, a legal system operates on a common law. Regional courts conduct most criminal trials; Imperial courts handle certain designated crimes as well as certain appeals from the lower level courts. Plea bargaining in the Empire is uncommon; with very few criminal cases in the country are settled by plea bargaining.
Economy
The Shazbotdom Empire has a Mixed Market Economy which is fueled by natural resources and the Information Technology Industry. Other markets include Book Publishing, Tourism and Trout Farming. There are several State Run corporations, but is fueled majorly by private industry.
The Empire's nominal GDP for 2019 is estimated to be at $191.98 Trillion with the GDP Per Capita being roughly $7,749. This is down roughly 0.034% from the previous year, but up 1.34% from it's low point Eight (8) years ago. The Empire's GDP (PPP) for 2019 is estimated to be at $192.14 Trillion with the GDP Per Capita being roughly $7,756. This is also down roughly 0.035% from the previous year, but up 1.33% from it's low point Eight (8) years ago.
The Shazbotdom Empire is a minor importer of goods and one of the largest exporters, though exports per capita are relatively low. Information Technology, with a major push from Hexadecimal Computer Technology, are among one of the major exports of the Empire, factoring in nearly 60% of all exports.
In 2009, the private sector was estimated to constitute 67% of the economy with State Run Corporations constituting 31% and the Public Sector filling in the remaining 2% of all business within the Empire.
Agriculture accounts for just under 3% of all business, with the majority of food being imported from the Colonial Holding as well as Allied nations of the Empire. There has been a push for more family run farming operations within the Empire, as those have increased from 15% of all agriculture operations in 2003 to nearly 19% in 2019. It is estimated that by the year 2030, that number will have increased drastically and may get up to near 30% of all agriculture being family owned and operated.
Consumer spending is steady within the Empire, with the majority of purchases (74%) within the Empire being of consumable goods such as food and water, while items that are deemed Luxury Goods making up roughly 19% of all purchases. Clothing items make up the remaining 7% of purchases throughout the Empire.
The Empire is one of many advanced economies that does guarantee its workers paid vacation as well as allows, by Imperial Law, paid family leave as a legal right. The law that was passed in regards to this was due to a lawsuit filed in Imperial Court in 1982 in which a corporation denied someone leave for a family emergency. The lawsuit went through the Five (5) stages of the Imperial Court until the Supreme Court decided that all employees had a legal right to take time off of work. Eight (8) months later legislation was passed through the Imperial Parliament and passed by a wide margin and was put on the desk of the Emperor at the time, who signed it into law the same day.
The 2008–2012 global recession had a slight impact on the Economy of the Empire, with consumer confidence in the world market shaky, the Economy of the Empire took a 10% hit. By 2017, the economy had finally gotten back up to the point it was before the recession and by 2019 it was up 2% from where it was in 2008. Currently it is another 0.023% up from where it was in 2019 and slowly rising.
Education
Imperial public education is operated by municipal governments, regulated by the Imperial Department of Education, Ministry of the Interior. In most municipalities, children are required to attend school from the age of six until they turn 18; some municipalities allow students to leave school at 16 or 17 if they gain enough credit hours as dictated by Imperial Law.
About 3% of children are enrolled in parochial or nonsectarian private schools. Just over 16% of children are home-schooled. The Empire spends more on education per student than any a fair amount of nations in the world, spending more than $45,000 per elementary student in 2018 and more than $70,000 per high school student. Some 67% of college students in the Empire attend public universities while 33% attend private universities.
The Empire has many competitive private and public institutions of higher education. College Football is a major sport within the Empire, with sixteen different Major Conferences and more than twenty minor Conferences. The end of the College Football Season sees an extended playing system, where one team who wins their Major Conference Championship goes into the play off system for a sixteen team, Four week playoff program, where at the end of it, all the pop and circumstance accumulates to the Imperial College Football Championship Game.
As for public expenditures on higher education, nearly $9 Trillion is spent to ensure that tuition costs for Higher Education is as low as it can be. Public Institutions have an average of $1,100 for one year of schooling while Private Institutions have an average of $7,500 for one year of schooling.
Culture
Infrastructure
Transportation
Personal transportation is dominated by automobiles, which operate on a network of public roads, The Imperial automobile market includes a high rate of per-capita vehicle ownership, with 982 vehicles per 1,000 Americans of legal driving age. Although only about 15% of personal vehicles are vans, SUVs, or light trucks. The average adult within the Empire spends 42 minutes driving every day, traveling less than 35 km for work.
Mass transit accounts for 9% of total U.S. work trips. Transport of goods by rail is extensive, though a relatively moderate numbers of passengers use intercity rail to travel, a fairly large part of the low population density throughout much of the Imperial interior. Although inner city elevated rail travel is used frequently for those who live within the city limits as well as tourists who wish to not deal with the busy roads throughout the city.
The civil airline industry is entirely privately owned and has been largely deregulated since 1952, causing the rise and fall of many airlines. The major airline that has stood the test of time is ShazAir, who has used fair pricing and excellent customer service to provide services throughout the Empire. In 1995, they expanded their operations to include the subsidiary ShazHopper, which currently services all flight between the Imperial Mainland and the Colonial Holdings. It is the only airline that is allowed by Imperial Law to provide services to the Colonial Holdings of the Shazbotdom Empire.
Energy
The Imperial energy market is about 1,932,000 terawatt hours per year. Energy consumption per capita is 57.8 tons (7076 kg) of liquid ethanol fuel per year. In 2005, 12% of this energy came from petroleum, 8% from coal, and 35% from natural gas. The remaining 45% was supplied by renewable energy sources.
For decades, nuclear power has played a limited role relative to many other developed countries, in part because of public perception in the wake of a 1982 accident. In 2007, all but one Nuclear Power plant closed down within the confines of the Empire, with by 2017 that last power plant was closed down. With more and more power plants opening up using renewable resources, it is estimated that petroleum and coal power plants will be a thing of the past by the year 2029 and Natural Gas Plants will be gone by the year 2045.
Water Supply and Sanitation
Issues that affect water supply in the Empire include droughts in the North-East, pollution due to industry, a backlog of investment, and a rapidly retiring workforce. Increasing intensity of rainfall within the Empire is expected to cause problems with more pollution from industry making it into water tables, thereby effecting the larger municipalities and cities. Concerns for this have been raised with the Imperial Parliament, who have passed legislation restricting industry and their run-off. Pollution control stations are also being built outside major metropolitan areas as well as regional stations located throughout the countryside at locales that feed major river ways and water bodies that feed the sub-urban and rural area's of the Imperial Mainland.
Science and Technology
Health
External Links
| IIWiki | ShazWeb | In Game Factbook |
