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The United Socialist Republic of Golga is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Secretary Marilov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, compulsory military service, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.787 billion Golgans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katzgrad. The average income tax rate is 87.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Golgan economy, worth 828 trillion Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is 94,304 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Midnight raids drag couples from their homes in the name of decency, bug burgers are extra crunchy, the weather in Katzgrad is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings', and surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Golga's national animal is the Eurasian Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Enforced Atheism.

Golga is ranked 28,043^rd in the world and 1^st in The Three Isles for Highest Poor Incomes, with 77,883.44 Standard Monetary Units.