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“l'obéissance ou le fouet”

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The Federal Republic of Aloustein is a very large, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 365 million Alousteinians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ödenskaya. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.6%.

The Alousteinian economy, worth 19.3 trillion dollar Aloustighs a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,970 dollar Aloustighs, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens' names are redacted on their IDs for national security, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, and fitness to teach sport is proven by urinating the furthest up a wall. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aloustein's national animal is the furet, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Aloustein is ranked 272,672^nd in the world and 75^th in Tarkin for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.3 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.