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The Republic of Clone Trooper 13

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The Republic of Clone Trooper 13 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 1.374 billion Clone Trooper 13ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.5%.

The strong Clone Trooper 13ian economy, worth 86.3 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,779 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

Immigrant Maxtopians are routinely sold on popular internet auction sites, teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins, and commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Clone Trooper 13's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Clone Trooper 13 is ranked 101,198^th in the world and 938^th in eta for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 95.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.