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The Grand Duchy of Alta Rocca

“For the Duchess and the nation”

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The Grand Duchy of Alta Rocca is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Maria Vittoria IV Dalla Rocca with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.418 billion Alta Roccans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alta Sirenéa. The average income tax rate is 62.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Alta Roccan economy, worth 133 trillion Ducatoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,172 Ducatoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are now allowed to discuss whether Maria Vittoria IV Dalla Rocca is the greatest ruler ever or simply the greatest ruler of this generation, minor parties are virtually absent in Parliament, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, and chickens frolic freely on swings and roundabouts in Alta Sirenéa's playgrounds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alta Rocca's national animal is the Falco Pescatore, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alta Rocca is ranked 128,159^th in the world and 2,577^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 74.09 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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