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The Plutocratic Banana Republic of Zerentopia

“The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets”

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The Plutocratic Banana Republic of Zerentopia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by King CEO President Johan Liebert with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, enslaved workforce, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.457 billion Zerentopias 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, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Zerentopian economy, worth a remarkable 8,729 trillion Braxes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is a breathtaking 500,028 Braxes, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,030,352 per year while the poor average 14,096, a ratio of 285 to 1.

Pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects, owning a tractor is widely regarded as an essential prerequisite to most government positions, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines, and boot polish is the favourite lip gloss of entry-level corporate workers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Zerentopia's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Money.

Zerentopia is ranked 48,709^th in the world and 1,074^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,269.36 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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