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The Para Raid of Handler One is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.732 billion Handlers 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palace Blancniege. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.9%.

The strong a Handler economy, worth 386 trillion Juggernauts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,473 Juggernauts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 208,017 per year while the poor average 16,896, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, newly-peaceful nations are forced to use assault rifles as farming tools due to a lack of funds for purchasing anything else, looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, and street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Handler One's national animal is the 86er, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Handler One is ranked 126,198^th in the world and 9^th in Stygian Abbey for Largest Populations, with 5.73 billion capita.