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The Sovereignty of Cartiga

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The Sovereignty of Cartiga is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Elizabeth Comstock with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, keen interest in outer space, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 25.138 billion Cartigans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Administration, and Environment are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Milan. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cartigan economy, worth a remarkable 8,150 trillion drachmas a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 324,217 drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, nobles' fancy titles no longer help them cut in line at the supermarket, reams of paperwork signed in triplicate have taken the magic out of magic, and foreign 'investors' have been taking a great interest in the new secret shuttle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cartiga's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Gottgläubigkeit.

Cartiga is ranked 286,502^nd in the world and 135^th in Fifth Empire for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -16.73 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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