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The Rogue Nation of Flatulus the Elder

“What's that smell? Can't you smell that smell?”

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The Rogue Nation of Flatulus the Elder is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, cynical population of 21.582 billion Flatulus the Elderians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 59.6%.

The Flatulus the Elderian economy, worth 748 trillion Smells a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 34,700 Smells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flatulus the Elder's national animal is the Dodo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Flatulus the Elder is ranked 191,525^th in the world and 3,819^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 57.43 law-abiding acts per hour.