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“MarbleAir: Pride of MarbleLand”

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The Marblelanian Republic of MarbleAir is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 955 million Marble Air Passangers love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 32.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped MarbleAirian economy, worth 35.7 trillion tickets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 37,416 tickets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, euthanasia is illegal, and voting is compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MarbleAir's national animal is the the Airbus.

MarbleAir is ranked 113,421^st in the world and 154^th in The League for Highest Poor Incomes, with 27,829.69 Standard Monetary Units.