Nation/Reedian

The Militarized Island Empire of Reedian is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Emperor Trevor with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, digital currency, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.772 billion Reeders are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Spirituality and Law & Order are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reediopilos. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Reedish economy, worth a remarkable 1,022 trillion Platinum Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 271,054 Platinum Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's interest in space is at an all-time high while interest in saving the planet is at an all-time low, hundreds of teenagers die every year at the Reedish Hungry Games, governments opposing Reedian are beset by rebels, and military spending recently hit a new high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Reedian's national animal is the Ermuce, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of the Nation.