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The Watchfires of BE-1

“Skin on skin, let the love begin”

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The Watchfires of BE-1 is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 16.577 billion BE-1ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 61.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse BE-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,470 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,727 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The might of the entire BE-1ian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders, suit-clad businessmen have been taking advantage of the relaxed welfare qualifications by shopping with food stamps, superfoods are often seen as supervillains, and kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BE-1's national animal is the Death's-head Hawkmoth, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

BE-1 is ranked 30,943^rd in the world and 1^st in Bag End for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.17 law-abiding acts per hour.

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