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The Fallen empire of North Geran

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The Fallen empire of North Geran is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Pricep XV with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, ubiquitous missile silos, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.944 billion North Geranians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orphion. The average income tax rate is 20.2%.

The frighteningly efficient North Geranese economy, worth 612 trillion Gands 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 208,165 Gands, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, it is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven, the Counter-Terrorism Unit has been nicknamed "Big Bad Wolf" for its tendency towards urban demolition, and there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Geran's national animal is the Vulture, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Anathemanism.

North Geran is ranked 309,621^st in the world and 12,054^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring -3 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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