Richard II
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| Flag of Richard II | |
| Motto: The Great Pharaoh Richard II | |
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| Region | Texas |
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| Capital | {{{capital}}} |
| Official Language(s) | English |
| Government | |
| Population | 6.708 Billion |
| Currency | Platinum Dollar |
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The Holy Empire of Richard II is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, cynical population of 6.708 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Religion & Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.
Political activists are routinely executed, the government is seen to favor Catholics, Richard II has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Richard II. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Richard II's national animal is the hell cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the platinum dollar.
