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The Nomadic Peoples of Glorious Scythia

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The Nomadic Peoples of Glorious Scythia is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 346 million Scythians 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, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Pokrovka. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 54.3%.

The all-consuming Scythian economy, worth 41.1 trillion Stikes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 118,756 Stikes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 485,428 per year while the poor average 19,234, a ratio of 25.2 to 1.

Ships are encouraged to deliberately run aground onto Scythian beaches, money grows on trees, every new toxic waste dump comes with a seal of approval from the government's science advisor, and banning party poppers has been a real party pooper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glorious Scythia's national animal is the Mountain Ram, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Glorious Scythia is ranked 16,055^th in the world and 1^st in Rand Federation for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 7,621.2 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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