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The Watchful State of Nazten

“Freedom from restraint”

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The Watchful State of Nazten is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Vakosh with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, unlimited-speed roads, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.326 billion Naztenians 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 Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vazsen. The average income tax rate is 91.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Naztenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,364 trillion Voldens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 215,739 Voldens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Supermarket milk is a shear-thickening fluid that can stop small-caliber bullets, when flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, and holiday-makers leave on the same clandestine boats that illegal immigrants arrive in. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nazten's national animal is the Sand Serpent, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Faith in us.

Nazten is ranked 4,784^th in the world and 245^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 117.51 law-abiding acts per hour.

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