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The Matriarchy of Lysaris

“Forever United for Lysaris”

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The Matriarchy of Lysaris is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its frequent executions, remarkably easy parental licensing program, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 463 million Lysarisians 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 enormous, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while International Aid is ignored. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Lysarisian economy, worth 18.3 trillion demos 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. 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 39,427 demos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Online weather reports are predicting five years of glorious sunshine for Lysaris, society has literally been thrown to the wolves, students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, and the best spies are positively radiant after completing a big mission. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lysaris's national animal is the swan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Lysaris is ranked 107,494^th in the world and 23^rd in Starlight for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,740.03 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.

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