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The United Socialist States of KCCCP 299

“Pax ignescens!”

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The United Socialist States of KCCCP 299 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical population of 10.39 billion KCCCP 299ians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 58.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant KCCCP 299ian economy, worth 102 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,883 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. KCCCP 299's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

KCCCP 299 is ranked 102,694^th in the world and 1^st in Greater Interstellar Warsaw Pact for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.56 law-abiding acts per hour.