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The United Socialist States of Askans

“You Can't Stop Progress”

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The United Socialist States of Askans is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 807 million Askansians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 23.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Askansian economy, worth 26.7 trillion dollars 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, Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. 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 33,135 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate. Askans's national animal is the giraffe.

Askans is ranked 144,336^th in the world and 5^th in AUPRA for Most Authoritarian, with 731.83 milliStalins.

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