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The Pegasus of Guard 149

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The Pegasus of Guard 149 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 16.361 billion Guard 149ians 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 large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 43.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Guard 149ian economy, worth 167 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 10,237 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Guard 149's national animal is the eagle.

Guard 149 is ranked 45,300^th in the world and 1^st in World Bank for Most Primitive, scoring 58.31 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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