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The Rogue Nation of MSN 98

“1977”

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The Rogue Nation of MSN 98 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Highlander with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, disturbing lack of elderly people, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.399 billion MSN 98ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Andrews. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 84.3%.

The frighteningly efficient MSN 98ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,794 trillion deniers 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. 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 an amazing 280,414 deniers, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

A typical peasant's life cycle leads from birth to the gallows, cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, and search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MSN 98's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cards.

MSN 98 is ranked 11,335^th in the world and 204^th in NationStates for Lowest Crime Rates, with 98.83 law-abiding acts per hour.

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