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The Republic of Birch 163

“We exist in a perpetual state.”

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The Republic of Birch 163 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.99 billion Birch 163ians 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. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.9%.

The large but inefficient Birch 163ian economy, worth 255 trillion leaves a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,166 leaves, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 168,505 per year while the poor average 11,637, a ratio of 14.5 to 1.

Parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Tree Dung" has been declared a national treasure, it is now illegal for teens to view any sites except Club Kitten and My Little Donkey, and six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Birch 163's national animal is the tree, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Birch 163 is ranked 273,138^th in the world and 976^th in Primitiveness for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -6.48 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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