Nation/Ressertia

The Most Serene Republic of Ressertia is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 211 million Ressertians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.9%.

The powerhouse Ressertian economy, worth 17.9 trillion Pas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 84,929 Pas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 387,504 per year while the poor average 11,355, a ratio of 34.1 to 1.

The police force is rumoured to be made up of evil shadows with no souls, the nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea, eight-year-olds with lemonade stands have been known to be locked up on charges of embezzlement, and well-off serial killers write monthly checks to avoid jail time. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force. Ressertia's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ressertia is ranked 154,304th in the world and 4th in The Greenhouse for Nudest, with 4.75 Cheeks Per Square Mile.