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The Watchfires of BigS-1

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The Watchfires of BigS-1 is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and frequent executions. The cynical, devout population of 16.386 billion BigS-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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong BigS-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,386 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,590 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, private records are being put online with a convenient "download" button, and when their backs are against the walls BigS-1ians look out for gay men. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BigS-1's national animal is the Death's-head hawkmoth, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

BigS-1 is ranked 136,557^th in the world and 1^st in Big Sur for Safest, scoring 66.3 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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