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The Congregation of Keepers of the Sanctum

“A sublime sake”

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The Congregation of Keepers of the Sanctum is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The Keeper Preceptor with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.836 billion Keepers are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Weald. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Keepers economy, worth 246 trillion Guldens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 27,876 Guldens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

You're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence, picnickers are lucky if a few wasps are the only animals that trouble them, atheists on vacation find a major religion's scriptures make useful doorstops, and the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Keepers of the Sanctum's national animal is the Lasinetter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Keepers of the Sanctum is ranked 50,461^st in the world and 2,958^th in Lazarus for Most Corrupt Governments, with 39.06 kickbacks per hour.

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