Muspellheim
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| Motto: Do not love your enemy. Love destroying your enemy! | |
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| Region | Scandinavia |
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| Capital | No capital |
| Official Language(s) | Muspell |
| Leader | His Imperial Highness Surtr the God-Emperor |
| Population | >9 billion |
| Currency | ISSP Credit (C) |
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The Unholy and Evil Empire of Muspellheim is a true empire located in the region of Scandinavia. Muspellheim consists of various different realms. Muspellheim also has people of various kinds of species, and non-living sentient beings.
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Politics
Muspellheim's government is run by conglomerates. These conglomerates have strict hierarchial structure, and use feudal titles. All political parties are illegal in Muspellheim.
Titles
Nobility:
King - Owner of a conglomerate.
Duke - Head of a market sector division.
Marquess - Owner of a company.
Count - Head of a set factories, stores or other type of offices set to a certain locality.
Viscount - Head of a single factory, store or other type of office.
Baron - Lowest ranking nobility that is allowed to employ or own other people.
Everyone down to rank of baron is allowed to own private military and police forces.
Knight - Military or police officer.
Lord - Employee of a company that is part of nobility.
Non-nobility:
Citizen - A person that is allowed to own property, citizens are allowed to own cattle.
Serf - A person that cannot be a possession of another person.
Slave - A sentient person that is property of an other person, slaves aren't allowed to own personal possessions.
Cattle - a being that is allowed to be killed, eaten, used to produce goods or sold as whole or as goods by its owner. Sometimes, although rarely, these can be sentient beings, but only of species/races that aren't legally considered as "superior species".
Head of the Empire
The God-Emperor Surtr is believed to be the conscious mind of dark matter of the universe. It is also believed that Surtr has created the universe, by accident. It is also believed that the ultimate goal of Surtr is to destroy the universe, in order fix his accident. Surtr's will is intepreted by theurgists, the leader of the theurgists is Surtr's wife Sinmara. Sinmara is foremother of all Muspellsons, this is considered to be proof of Surtr's existence. Surtr rarely manifests to mortals, usually this is in form of a volcanic eruption, and very rarily as a fire giant, these manifestations are another proof of Surtr's existence. The theurgists are also boardmembers of the most powerful conglomerate in Muspellheim: The Surtralogi Corporation, known for leaving areas as burning radioactive wasteland, devoid of all life.
Foreign affairs
Muspellheim is member of the Pact of Imperial Scandinavian Super Powers.
Economy
Muspellheim has one of the strongest economies in the world.
Muspellheim's economy is mostly laissez-faire capitalism. There are some goods that are contraband in Muspellheim. Mostly these consist of goods that are harmful, weakening or addictive to the user, such as tobacco, alcohol, heroin and other drugs.
Muspellheim's government gives corporate subsidies equivalent to 5 trillion dollars. Subcidies are mainly given to companies that are attacked by boycotts and other unfair regulative actions by outside forces.
Advertising and brand marketing are illegal in Muspellheim, but not in foreign trade.
The major industry in Muspellheim is uranium mining, followed by arms manufacturing and information technology.
Most of the time taxes aren't collected at all.
Environment
The environment depends on the realm. The environment in the homeworld of Muspellheim has infernal conditions. In the other realms resources are extracted at maximal efficiency in minimal time possible. Muspellheim aggressively invades new territories, especially ones some people consider as exceptionally clean ones. There are no regulations concerning waste disposal. Most people in Muspellheim are immune to toxins, poisons, radiation and other environmental hazards.
Infrastructure
Muspellheim spends equivalent of 1,2 trillion dollars in transport.
Public Healthcare
There's no public healthcare in Muspellheim. Excluding free genetic testing to evaluate people's strengths and weaknesses.
Media and Publishing
All media is privately owned, however there are regulations what is allowed to be published. The regulation is especially strict against recreational wimp-media such as Harry Potter and Pokemon.
Education and Science
There is no free public education in Muspellheim. People found to be of superior intellect receive corporate grants. These grants can go to as high as 10 million ISSP Credits/year.
As Muspellheim doesn't waste education to people of inferior intellect, the technology in Muspellheim is one of the most advanced in the world. This also diminishes the possible protests of pseudo-intellectuals.
The technological advancements available to person depend on their social ranking. It is unknown to what extent these advancements go.
Social Welfare
There is no social welfare whatsoever in Muspellheim. And people of Muspellheim aren't prone to charity.
Culture and Customs
Culture
As an empire, Muspellheim has plethora of different kinds of cultures. In the culture leading species of Muspellheim the muspellsons following special traits are apparent: social darwinism, malignant egoism, order, eugenics, self-improvement, might is right-ideology, and will to destroy. These traits are strongly reflected to all cultures in Muspellheim, eventually all assimilating to the muspellsons culture.
In Muspellheim traditions and holidays are despised.
Species
Here are the most important species of Muspellheim.
Superior species: Muspelli or Fire Giants: Muspelli consider themselves to be the supreme beings in the universe. They are vaguely humanshape flaming beings of giant size, and of superior intellect. Jotun: Are giantsized beings. General population of Jotun aren't very smart. But certain inviduals are exceptionally intelligent. Trolls: Are smaller than giants. Also with highly variating intelligence. Homo superior: Are humans developed as results of social darwinism, eugenics and genetic engineering.
Inferior species: Humans: These are humans of foreign origin. Goblins: A common slave specie in Muspellheim.
Religion
One of the most important aspects of Muspellheim is its strong anti-spiritualist stance. All religions are more or less illegal except Surtr Worship. And as religion Surtr Worship is generally considered to be fruitless, as it's known that Surtr will do nothing for his worshipers. Mostly Surtr Worshipers try to do anything possible not to anger Surtr. Surtr Worship is rare in Muspellheim, and Surtr Worshippers are considered to be simple-minded people. Majority of people in Muspellheim are atheists, and consider Surtr to have godlike powers in relation to themselves. Many Kings and Dukes in Muspellheim possess powers that will make them appear as gods to peoples of foreign nations. And many of them challenge foreign nations religious beliefs or terrorize followers of these foreign religions by appearing to be gods, to mock religions and for entertainment purposes.
Sexuality
All people in Muspellheim are heterosexual, excluding hermafroditic species, and some foreigners. Psychiatric hospitals in Muspellheim offer treatmeant to foreign homosexuals, bi-sexuals, gender confused and people suffering from other sexuality related mental disorders.
There is no age of consent in Muspellheim. Instead people who want to have sex are tested if they are mature enough to raise children and carry other consequences of having sex could have. Having sex with non-permitted person is statuatory rape, which is punishable by neutering, and by death from the second offense.
People with dangerous venereal diseases are exiled from society.
Law and Order
Policing is done by corporations. The polices also act as judge, jury and the executioner. Punishments include fines, incarceration, work camps, relegation in ranking, physical punishment and capital punishment. Most years there's no criminal offenses committed, as police arrive to prevent the crime even before it happens, thanks to omnipresent surveillance.
Armed Forces
In the last UN ranking Muspellheim had the 8th most powerful military in the world.
In times of war the ISSP Military High Command holds the highest authority in Muspellheim. In wartime also the level hierarchy gets lowered to following: Kings rule their armies. Armies are divided to hordes lead by warlords, that are noblemen from knight to dukes. Hordes consist of warriors that are citizens and lords, and battle thralls that are slaves and serfs.
As people of Muspellheim are warlike people, usually enough volunteers sign up in war, but if necessary conscription is done from lower ranks up.
