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The Red Hour of Beta III

“In the Body you will find contentment and fulfillment”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Good
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Location: United Earth Space Probe Agency

Regional Influence: Vassal

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The Red Hour of Beta III is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Landru with an iron fist, and notable for its fear of technology, triple-decker prams, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.73 billion Betans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Hall of Audiences. The average income tax rate is 75.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Betan economy, worth 678 trillion Staves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 69,738 Staves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only clowns with PhDs from clown college can advise Landru on Beta III's coulrophobia epidemic, people have to sneak out of the country in order to have sex, only the brainiest citizens become academics, and the education system is famed for its taxing exams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beta III's national animal is the Archon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Body.

Beta III is ranked 19,610th in the world and 18th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Most Stationary, with 1,637.2229799544 days.

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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 870thMost Ignorant Citizens: 1,719thMost Devout: 2,561stTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 3,984thMost Primitive: 4,512thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,731stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 6,531stMost Authoritarian: 8,855thMost Avoided: 9,707thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 11,687thLargest Black Market: 12,270thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 12,837thTop
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Most Patriotic: 19,089thMost Stationary: 19,610thMost Income Equality: 21,889thMost Corrupt Governments: 25,050thHighest Average Tax Rates: 25,112th
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Most Devout: 1st in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Ignorant Citizens: 3rd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 4th in the regionLargest Black Market: 5th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 6th in the regionMost Patriotic: 6th in the regionMost Extreme: 7th in the regionTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 10th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 11th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 11th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 13th in the regionMost Influential: 15th in the region

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