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The Colony of Nastarda is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Duncio Trumphole with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.634 billion Nastardans 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Camp town. The average income tax rate is 55.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Nastardan economy, worth 192 trillion Credits 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, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 41,579 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending recently hit a new high, saying 'Hi Guys' to a mixed gender group of people at work is a fireable offense, dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, and the nation's government buildings are remarkable for being ugly concrete boxes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nastarda's national animal is the Frog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Nastarda is ranked 89,472^nd in the world and 20^th in Sweethearts of the Chicken Yards for Highest Poor Incomes, with 34,063.58 Standard Monetary Units.