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The Drought of Barren grounds

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The Drought of Barren grounds is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 31.201 billion Barren groundsians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Barren groundsian economy, worth a remarkable 4,129 trillion earths a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 132,350 earths, with the richest citizens earning 9.7 times as much as the poorest.

The arms industry is backed by government subsidies and harsh anti-protest laws are in place, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors, parents must decide between buying food and taking their children to the park, and criminals tell the police where their jurisdiction ends. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barren grounds's national animal is the cyanobacteria, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Starvation.

Barren grounds is ranked 48,508^th in the world and 3,044^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 151.82 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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