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The Republic of A card collector

“Collecting Cards”

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The Republic of A card collector is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 12.646 billion card collectorians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 31.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient card collectorian economy, worth a remarkable 2,604 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 205,954 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, and children asking questions about science are referred to relevant sections in religious texts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A card collector's national animal is the horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

A card collector is ranked 323,289^th in the world and 15,524^th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 33.18 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.

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