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The Space Colony of Kiosk1

“All hail Space”

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The Space Colony of Kiosk1 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by His Eminence with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 40.134 billion Kioskas are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Space. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Kiosk1ian economy, worth an astonishing 20,145 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 501,954 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.9 times as much as the poorest.

Commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations, CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show, school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time, and children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-Dollar charge on their phone bill. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kiosk1's national animal is the Water Buffalo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Kiosk1 is ranked 317,627^th in the world and 4,798^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 65.95 on the Societal Mobility Rating.

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