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The Kingdom of Bastelle

“Twirling Toward Freedom”

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The Kingdom of Bastelle is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, devout population of 685 million Bastelleads are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The very strong Bastellean economy, worth 48.8 trillion Raungs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 71,269 Raungs, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

The upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and families consisting of more than three people are forced to split up. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Bastelle's national animal is the Stag, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bastelle is ranked 19,904^th in the world and 1^st in Weffle for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 64,498.84 Standard Monetary Units.

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