The Holy Empire of AFTERLIFER is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads, zero percent divorce rate, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.302 billion AFTERLIFERians 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.
The frighteningly efficient AFTERLIFERian economy, worth a remarkable 1,851 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 198,999 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, students who do not recite the national anthem each morning have to drop and give their teacher 50, nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, and mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of Dragons and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. AFTERLIFER's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.
AFTERLIFER is ranked 242,119th in the world and 8,984th in Balder for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.18 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.
National Happenings
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AFTERLIFER, mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of Dragons and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, nuclear physics is the most popular course at university.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, students who do not recite the national anthem each morning have to drop and give their teacher 50.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, rocket boots and thermal detonators have become standard-issue military gear.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, children seem to be getting better at lying these days.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century.
- : Following new legislation in AFTERLIFER, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?".
