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The Colony of Gostak

“Freedom or Death”

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The Colony of Gostak is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 359 million Gostakis live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.

The strong Gostaki economy, worth 16.1 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 44,796 dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 294,680 per year while the poor average 2,652, a ratio of 111 to 1.

Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Gostak's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Gostak is ranked 169,972^nd in the world and 7^th in Core Sector for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 1,368.95 on the Hickory Productivity Index.

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