Difference between revisions of "Hrydonia"
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== Nationstates Description == | == Nationstates Description == | ||
| − | The Empire of Hrydonia is a | + | The Empire of Hrydonia is a massive, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, cynical population of 1.148 billion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings." |
| + | It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Social Equality and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 80%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. | ||
| + | Anti-government web sites are springing up, Rupert Bear is considered to be the most risqué TV programme in Hrydonia, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, and drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hrydonia's national animal is the hyperactive teenager, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Main page: [[History of Hrydonia]] | Main page: [[History of Hrydonia]] | ||
| − | :Hrydonia, in the early 21st century AD, passed both the 400 million and 500 million population mark. In 2000, the population was 401 million and in 2025 it was 591 million. | + | :Hrydonia was discovered in the mid-1600s A.D. by an English explorer, who named the area ''Hrydonia'' after the original inhabitants, who called themselves the ''Rydoniet'', which in Latin became ''Rydonii'' from which Hrydonia was derived. In the early 21st century AD, Hrydonia passed both the 400 million and 500 million population mark. In 2000, the population was 401 million and in 2025 it was 591 million. |
== Government == | == Government == | ||
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'''Military''' | '''Military''' | ||
The four branches of the Hrydonian military fall under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Ministry of War. The Imperial Armed Forces are organized similarly to most militaries the world over, in the form of an Army, Navy, Air Force, and Imperial Marine Corps. | The four branches of the Hrydonian military fall under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Ministry of War. The Imperial Armed Forces are organized similarly to most militaries the world over, in the form of an Army, Navy, Air Force, and Imperial Marine Corps. | ||
| − | Each branch has a strength of 2,005,000 service members. | + | Each branch has a strength of 2,005,000 service members. The Imperial Guard, charged with protecting the Emperor and his immediate family, is part of the Imperial Army and is home to the |
'''Foreign Relations''' | '''Foreign Relations''' | ||
Revision as of 17:34, 24 January 2006
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| Flag of Hrydonia | |
| Motto: Deus vult' | |
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| Region | The Hydronian Orbit |
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| Capital | Ursanton |
| Official Language(s) | English |
| Leader | Emperor Nicholas VIII |
| Population | 1.148 billion and counting |
| Currency | sovereign |
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Nationstates Description
The Empire of Hrydonia is a massive, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, cynical population of 1.148 billion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings." It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Social Equality and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 80%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Anti-government web sites are springing up, Rupert Bear is considered to be the most risqué TV programme in Hrydonia, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, and drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hrydonia's national animal is the hyperactive teenager, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar.
History
Main page: History of Hrydonia
- Hrydonia was discovered in the mid-1600s A.D. by an English explorer, who named the area Hrydonia after the original inhabitants, who called themselves the Rydoniet, which in Latin became Rydonii from which Hrydonia was derived. In the early 21st century AD, Hrydonia passed both the 400 million and 500 million population mark. In 2000, the population was 401 million and in 2025 it was 591 million.
Government
The Empire of Hrydonia is currently a dictatorship, however maintaining all the appearances of the former constitutional monarchy. The government is divided into three branches, the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The Executive branch is headed de facto by the Emperor but de jure by the Prime Minister. Legislative branch is composed of Parliament, which is bicameral and consists of the upper house, or the Senate, and the lower branch, or the National Assembly. The Judicial Branch is composed of the Supreme Court. Parliament is weak and is used lately mostly for unanimously approving the Emperor's policies. The current prime minister is also little more than a crony and puppet of the Emperor, as the prime ministers have been since the reign of Maximillian the Fourth back in the 1820s.
Military The four branches of the Hrydonian military fall under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Ministry of War. The Imperial Armed Forces are organized similarly to most militaries the world over, in the form of an Army, Navy, Air Force, and Imperial Marine Corps. Each branch has a strength of 2,005,000 service members. The Imperial Guard, charged with protecting the Emperor and his immediate family, is part of the Imperial Army and is home to the
Foreign Relations Hrydonia tends to stay isolationist regarding the world at large, and indeed does not have any formal relations with any country.
Geography
(Work in progress)
On Surveillance
Most people have a small chip implanted in them that holds financial information, their name, and about anything else that a scanner would need to know. This system of surgically implanted chips has replaced the credit card, checking accounts, and even lunch cards and student IDs with few exceptions, the few exceptions being either those born illegally or without a doctor in attendance or one of the small religious sects that believes that it is immoral to 'go under the knife ', but that group is rather small, and made smaller by sporadic governmental persecution, and only numbers in the hundreds anyway.
