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The High Desert of As Baile

“At Ways It Will, If Not You Will”

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The High Desert of As Baile is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 41.617 billion As Baileans 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — prioritizes Law & Order, with Education, Environment, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy are ignored. The average income tax rate is 87.5%.

The enormous but inefficient As Bailean economy, worth a remarkable 2,022 trillion Bibbits a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Beef-Based Agriculture industry. Average income is 48,597 Bibbits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Food voucher forgeries are causing headaches for the police, a byzantine web of conspiracies and secret alliances must be navigated any time legislation is voted upon, Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, and in distant lands the nation is known as a lovely place that was even better in the good old days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. As Baile's national animal is the Llama, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

As Baile is ranked 9,544^th in the world and 1^st in Ohio for Highest Food Quality, scoring 164.02 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

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