Nation/Dytarma

The Imperial State of Dytarma is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Malcolm Stolarz with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, aversion to nipples, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 1.863 billion Dytarmen enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rhana. The average income tax rate is 92.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Dytarmian economy, worth 253 trillion Dyts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 135,979 Dyts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, all recreational drugs are legal, the welfare administration's new sweeping authority has forced the poor and needy to shop from pre-approved grocery lists, and traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways. Crime is relatively low. Dytarma's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.