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The Domain of Atlier Commonwealth

“Freedom is acquired by oppression”

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The Domain of Atlier Commonwealth is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Wilbur I with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, disturbing lack of elderly people, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.898 billion wilburians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of wilburstad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Atlier Commonwealthian economy, worth 383 trillion soots 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an amazing 201,916 soots, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 590,737 per year while the poor average 54,469, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

City budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, and the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Atlier Commonwealth's national animal is the human, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Wilburanity.

Atlier Commonwealth is ranked 30,075^th in the world and 1,558^th in Osiris for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 186.41 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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