Dhatsun
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| Flag of Dhatsun | |
| Motto: "What doesn't kill you..." | |
| Coming soon. | |
| Region | The Spectrum |
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| Capital | Midgon |
| Official Language(s) | English, Spectral Dhatsanese |
| Leader | Commanding Emperor Hamilton |
| Population | 1.743 billion (as of 13/3/07) |
| Currency | Sen |
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The Various Empires of Dhatsun is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.743 billion are either ruled by a small, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 62%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Gambling and Arms Manufacturing.
Government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, the government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, and the nation's gigantic air force is both respected and feared. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Dhatsun's national animal is the Komodo Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
History
The Various Empires of Dhatsun is essentially a multitude of many small nations joined together some 1500 years ago. Under the control of a single warrior, the stronghold known as Datsai expanded its borders to overtake the surrounding strongholds and lands. This unknown warrior's brilliance as a strategist and his bravery in battle allowed the shoreside stronghold to bring the entirety of the lands now known as Dhatsun under its control, with the original stronghold of Datsai becoming the capital city, later renamed Midgon. All the strongholds he overthrew he then linked with an underground network. Creating the well known underground monorail systems, which recently linked to the Spectral Monorail system, under the operation of Calumnius.
Culture
Only until very recently, Dhatsun has been somewhat the iron fist or compulsory consumerist states. The nation's GDP was held dear and the citizens were seen as faceless workers. However, within the last 20 or so years, thanks to civil rights activists, such as the famed Daniel Watson-Knox, the government tookm a massive U-turn, eradicating the high tariffs it was known for and introducing, among other things, minimum wages, healthcare and a revamped public transport system. The nation is now merely a captialist paradise, with concrete jungles and massive skyscrapers. Note, as of Feburary 2007 the economic growth is now being balanced by the first environmental act, so that business may contune to grow, yet not at the cost of the environment. The most commonly spoken languages in the region are English, Dhatsanese and Spectral. The recognised religions are The Church of Dhatsun, Catholicism, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Gob-jobism.
Geography
Dhatsun has a large coastline, mostly cliff-faces, the largest of which being the Great Cliff, upon which the capital city of Midgon is built. Fringed with mountain ranges, there are no rivers above ground within Dhatsun. Instead, underground rivers and colossal caverns are to be found.
