The Protectorate of Dieva Zemes

The REALM of Dieva Zemes is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Ishtar and Enlil with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 959 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marapolis. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

The country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation, popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security", and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dieva Zemes's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Rixdollar.

History

Originally a colony of the Holy Empire of Maras Zeme, Dieva Zemes now rules themselves internally, while co-operating with the motherland in ares of Regional Defense and foreign affairs.