The People's Republic of Theodozia



"The workers' revolution blazes forth!"

-Premier Strife

Civil Rights: Superb

Economy: Powerhouse

Political Freedoms: Superb

Overview

The People's Republic of Theodozia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its smutty television, unlimited-speed roads, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 604 million Theodozians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Victoria. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Theodozian economy, worth 63.8 trillion Azathees 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 Trout Farming, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 105,643 Azathees, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, and traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Theodozia's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The young republic is a bastion of social and political liberalism, and is devoted to worker ownership of the means of production. Fueling its status as bulwark of first-world values is its robust education and research spending and protection of its snow-laden taigas and mountains. Despite its limited defense spending, the standing army is trained to fight amidst the blizzards and glaciers, whereas northern would-be invaders would only march into an icy grave. Its devotion to spreading socialism worldwide has often left it at odds with more nationalistic nations, like the Chiss Descendancy; this dilemma has led to the rise of a leftist "southern bloc" much different from more rugged "northern bloc" empires.