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The Eternal Union of The Ice States

“Cadere Vivere, Et Vivere In Aeternum”

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The Eternal Union of The Ice States is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by King Pedro Noltensmeier I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.978 billion Icers are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, although Defense and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Southport City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ice economy, worth 662 trillion Devonian Aiers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 166,560 Devonian Aiers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 993,129 per year while the poor average 12,761, a ratio of 77.8 to 1.

Smog in Southport City is so bad that fresh air bottles are sold by street vendors, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, a milk bath costs more than bathing in money, and political shows are fit for purpose. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Ice States's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Order of Klyprer.

The Ice States is ranked 289,951^st in the world and 88^th in Greater Dienstad for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring -7.07 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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