So, first things first. The title of this topic may be somewhat misleading. This is not a real factbook as you might know it. It mostly contains geographical information, is a massive WIP, and might not show the most important things you want to know about my nation. In fact, it's more for my own reference of where my oversea terretories and allies lie.
No, I will probably never complete this stuff. I'll be honest: I'm just too lazy for that. Besides, I got a lot of unfinished storefronts (I put loads of attention in my designs.)
This topic is closed, however. I might need the extra space for expansion as soon as I am more interested in completing my factbook. However I will post a seperate topic where you can ask for any information not found in the factbook.
Now that's covered, let's begin.
Factbook of the Greater Holy Deostopian Empire
The Greater Holy Empire of Dystopianus is a gargantuan, devout nation, ruled by Emperor Myrad the fifth with an firm hand, and remarkable for its extensive social welfare projects. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.5 billion are rabid consumers, yet wealth is not always equally divided, even though the goverment tries it's best to improve this situation.
There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, pro-business individuals devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the colossal capital city of Minervia. Income tax is 25%, but much lower for the poor. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Mining industries.
Guns in are banned, and euthanasia is legal. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Dystopianus's national animal is the Lynx, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Mithraism, and its currency is the Sestertia.
Namesake
Semi-OOC note: Some guy mistranslated "Deorum Pars" to "Deo Topia", and another guy mistranslated that to to "Deostopia", and when another guy came in who found this country sucked, he thought we had originally meant "Dystopia". The name stuck.
Where the "Nus" comes from? It's perhaps some other mistranslation by people who think every Latin word ends with "us".
OOC: Not really. The real reason why it is named that way is because when I started I wanted an "evil" future version of my first nation, Andorianus. Gradually I became much less interested in running an evil nation, and eventually it became a normal country like all others with a sort of Roman background. Now I play with this nation even more often then Andorianus; it is Andorianus that is now my puppet.
To sort of "justify" the weird name I had chosen, I pretended it was a "mistranslation" to English of "Deos Topia", which back then I thought was proper latin.
If I could change my name, I would. This name messes up my global reputation in the international community.