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The Sadistic Republic of Bright Angel

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The Sadistic Republic of Bright Angel is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Johann der Becker with an iron fist, and renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, ritual sacrifices, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 33.596 billion Bright Angelians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Spirituality, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flagstaff. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Bright Angelian economy, worth an astonishing 41,995 trillion zuchs 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. 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 a breathtaking 1,250,001 zuchs, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

Terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums, residents of ageing concrete tower blocks have vital renovation work stopped by Brutalism enthusiasts, minefields are being deployed along the border to discourage potential emigrants from trying to leave, and hordes of gardening enthusiasts are being banished from cities nationwide. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Bright Angel's national animal is the red bearded woodchuck, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Veni vidi vici.

Bright Angel is ranked 131,886^th in the world and 1^st in Macfora Forever for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 158.71 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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