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Most Authoritarian: 8,257thLargest Populations: 8,464thHighest Average Tax Rates: 12,738th
The Exalted Empire of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Of Azde, For Azde, and By Azde
Influence
Instigator
Governor
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Developing
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Azde

Population24.698 billion

CapitalEdes Azde
LeaderEmperor Azde V
FaithThe Church of Azde

Currencyshal
Animalblood falcon

The Exalted Empire of Azde is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Azde V with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, strictly enforced bedtime, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 24.698 billion Azdeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Edes Azde. The average income tax rate is 87.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Azdean economy, worth 933 trillion shals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 37,779 shals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, children's bedrooms are often decorated with posters of successful accountants, and government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Azde's national animal is the blood falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Church of Azde.

Azde is ranked 115,965th in the world and 14th in Asela for Most Stationary, with 326.44622857428 days.

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5%
Most Authoritarian: 8,257thLargest Populations: 8,464thHighest Average Tax Rates: 12,738thMost Income Equality: 13,946thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 14,017thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 19,975thLowest Crime Rates: 22,299thMost Devout: 26,816th
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Most Devout: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionMost Authoritarian: 1st in the regionMost Patriotic: 1st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionMost Extreme: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Conservative: 2nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Influential: 2nd in the regionMost Income Equality: 2nd in the regionLargest Governments: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Azde was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : Azde was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
  • : Azde's influence in Asela fell from "Dealmaker" to "Instigator".
  • : Azde was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors, Most Dead, and Most Zombies.
  • : Azde's influence in Asela rose from "Instigator" to "Dealmaker".
  • : Azde was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Popular Tourist Destinations.
  • : Azde was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending.
  • : Azde suppressed a post on the Asela Regional Message Board.
  • : Azde suppressed a post on the Asela Regional Message Board.
  • : Azde suppressed a post on the Asela Regional Message Board.

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