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The Ninth Divine of Lord Talos

“God of Governance”

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The Ninth Divine of Lord Talos is a massive, safe nation, notable for its parental licensing program, digital currency, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.118 billion Lord Talosians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 40.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Lord Talosian economy, worth 173 trillion golds a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,788 golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader's peyote-induced "let's all just be friends" speech is trending world-wide, acrimonious legal battles result during divorce proceedings, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, and homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lord Talos's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Lord Talos is ranked 84,242^nd in the world and 116^th in The Blades for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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