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The Empire of Forostar

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The Empire of Forostar is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Becca with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, enslaved workforce, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 46.117 billion Forostarians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gorkville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Forostarian economy, worth an astonishing 13,279 trillion kopecs a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 287,943 kopecs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 986,180 per year while the poor average 61,758, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

Citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, people say that cubists are rubbish because they can't draw faces, a spate of enforced closures has left 'Government FM' as the nation's only radio station, and courtrooms can be a little sketchy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Forostar's national animal is the Bun Bun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Wiccan.

Forostar is ranked 3,569^th in the world and 1^st in SWG for Lowest Crime Rates, with 125.43 law-abiding acts per hour.

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