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The Republic of The Children of the Cathedrel

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The Republic of The Children of the Cathedrel is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 87 million Children of the Cathedrel are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.

The all-consuming Cathedrelian economy, worth 8.59 trillion Chips a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 98,745 Chips, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, the love has gone in The Children of the Cathedrel, explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends, and the hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Children of the Cathedrel's national animal is the Hyena, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Children of the Cathedrel is ranked 49,707^th in the world and 2^nd in The Imperial Union of Order States for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 148.95 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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