Burgendom

The Monastery-State of Burgendom is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.334 billion Burgers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roma Nova. The average income tax rate is 85.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Burger economy, worth 269 trillion Francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 80,977 Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Computers are widely considered to be the "devil magic of heathens", churches frequently hold public 'contraception burnings', government policy is dictated by Roman Catholicism, and the nation's soldiers are considered the best-dressed in Christain Empire. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Burgendom's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.