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The Trade-Principalities of Auruum

“Profit without Consequence, Progress without Limit”

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The Trade-Principalities of Auruum is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Trade King Swyndol with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 10.23 billion Aurumites are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Undermine City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Aurumite economy, worth a remarkable 2,399 trillion Megabucks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 234,573 Megabucks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,280,015 per year while the poor average 22,018, a ratio of 58.1 to 1.

Nobody draws smiley faces on receipts anymore, young girls and senior citizens alike can be spotted wearing colourful short shorts, diplomats shake hands with their right and hide a poison dagger in their left, and the nation is relieved that all of the recent madness has finally come to an end. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Auruum's national animal is the Kraken, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Auruum is ranked 32,436^th in the world and 1,520^th in Balder for Most Patriotic, with 26.6 flags saluted per person per day.

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