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The Colony of Aquarii 085

“Therefore the gods caught him away to themselves”

Category: Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Reasonable
Political Freedoms:
Average

Location: Balder

Regional Influence: Nipper

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The Colony of Aquarii 085 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 3.687 billion Aquarii 085ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Aquarii 085ian economy, worth 140 trillion stardusts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 38,104 stardusts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aquarii 085's national animal is the water-bearer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aquarii 085 is ranked 288,295th in the world and 13,393rd in Balder for Smartest Citizens, with 18.84 quips per hour.

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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 15,555thTop
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Most Compassionate Citizens: 30,592ndNicest Citizens: 33,239th
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 950th in the region

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