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The Commonwealth of Arucaria

“The love of liberty unites us”

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The Commonwealth of Arucaria is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President James Reed with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 5.483 billion Arucarians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prime City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Arucarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,166 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an amazing 212,707 credits, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,103,111 per year while the poor average 22,223, a ratio of 49.6 to 1.

The army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education, the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists, politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, and the nation has an international reputation for compassion. Crime is totally unknown. Arucaria's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Arucaria is ranked 278,761^st in the world and 6,114^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 6.33 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

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