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The Unholy White Lined Fever of I 49

“Mood: Twilight cools to black”

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The Unholy White Lined Fever of I 49 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Eisenhower with an iron fist, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, museums and concert halls, and deadly medical pandemics. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 11.132 billion Highwaymen are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bentonville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Roadworthy economy, worth a remarkable 1,259 trillion tolls a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 113,155 tolls, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

A popular Roadworthy saying is 'wishing upon a fallen jet engine', the commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled I 49 with a very polite populace, the transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, and possession of tomato seeds with intent to garden is a criminal offence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. I 49's national animal is the Thunderbird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Constructionist.

I 49 is ranked 271,274^th in the world and 9,778^th in Balder for Nicest Citizens, with 0.55 average smiles per day.

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