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The New England Enclave of Ardentus

“Born in War, Reforged in Fire”

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The New England Enclave of Ardentus is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Samuel Winters with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 8.063 billion Ardentians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boston. The average income tax rate is 93.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ardentusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,104 trillion Bottle Caps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 136,995 Bottle Caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work, the property market is in a bit of a state, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, and the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ardentus's national animal is the Radeagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Judaism.

Ardentus is ranked 198,827^th in the world and 48^th in The Fallout Wasteland for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -5.83 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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