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The Confederacy of Hammerford

“We Hammer, Get Hammered”

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The Confederacy of Hammerford is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 195 million Hammers are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.9%.

The powerhouse Hammer economy, worth 13.1 trillion sledges a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 66,988 sledges, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 314,967 per year while the poor average 8,474, a ratio of 37.2 to 1.

Artificial intelligences seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui, stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend, most ambassadors from Hammerford retire only a few years after being appointed, and unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hammerford's national animal is the woodpecker, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Hammerford is ranked 54,957^th in the world and 9^th in Arctica for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 4,473.17 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.

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