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The Provisional Government of Ba jor

“You're going to have to decide whose side you're on”

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The Provisional Government of Ba jor is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Kai Opaka with an even hand, and notable for its hatred of cheese, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 3.608 billion Bajorans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bajora. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Bajoran economy, worth 96.4 trillion Sub-nucleonic Devices a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. Average income is 26,731 Sub-nucleonic Devices, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, Kai Opaka's speeches are beloved by insomniacs, and soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ba jor's national animal is the Collaborator, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The word of the Prophets.

Ba jor is ranked 184,995^th in the world and 98^th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Smartest Citizens, with 26.7 quips per hour.

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