Nation/Terran Australis

The Holy Empire of Terran Australis is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Christopher Rylestone with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.28 billion Terran Australisians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Terran. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Terran Australisian economy, worth 156 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 122,557 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign 'investors' have been taking a great interest in the new secret shuttle, 1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime is totally unknown. Terran Australis's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Unorthodox Christianity.