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The Matriarchy of Metrostania

“Faber est suae quisque fortunae”

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The Matriarchy of Metrostania is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its smutty television, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 35.688 billion Metrostanians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.0%.

The all-consuming Metrostanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,981 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is an impressive 111,559 Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 590,923 per year while the poor average 11,155, a ratio of 53.0 to 1.

The army's shirt ninjas are the most feared assassins in the region, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffer-driven limousines, Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed, and mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Metrostania's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Metrostania is ranked 44,840^th in the world and 1^st in The Great Green Federation for Safest, scoring 104.45 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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