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The Tar Deposits of Athabasca Sands

“Thar's Black Gold in them thar Sands!”

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The Tar Deposits of Athabasca Sands is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by His Oiliness Nick Athabasca with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.95 billion Athabascans 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of McMurray. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Athabasca Sandsian economy, worth a remarkable 4,117 trillion Tars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 187,567 Tars, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

Auditors are gutting every governmental department, corporate lobbying has been outlawed, citizens buy season tickets on a 20-year payment plan, and coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Athabasca Sands's national animal is the Ghost, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Frackism.

Athabasca Sands is ranked 59,197^th in the world and 9^th in War Weary for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.95 law-abiding acts per hour.

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