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The Republic of Hasparian

“Luctor et Emergo”

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The Republic of Hasparian is a huge, safe nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The quiet, industrious population of 267 million Hasparianians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 44.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Hasparianian economy, worth 9.85 trillion Hasparias a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,896 Hasparias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, prison overcrowding is being addressed with a series of short sharp shocks, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and meteorologists are instantly recognizable from their luxury cars and jewelry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hasparian's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hasparian is ranked 168,120^th in the world and 8,166^th in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 24.78 quips per hour.

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