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The United States of Barnabad

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”

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The United States of Barnabad is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its vat-grown people, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.234 billion Barnabadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Barnabadian economy, worth 270 trillion Tors a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 121,102 Tors, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves, NPCs in MMORPGs regularly interrupt cutscenes with OOC reminders that they aren't real people, and Leader's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barnabad's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Barnabad is ranked 101,626^th in the world and 4^th in The Alterran Republic for Most Extreme, scoring 19.31 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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