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The United Islands of Polacianth

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The United Islands of Polacianth is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ferdinand Van Pitt with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.821 billion Polacesse 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bacuppt. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Polace economy, worth 190 trillion Polacianth Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,900 Polacianth Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, the government provides its citizenry with the same mass produced rations, imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment, and policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polacianth's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Polacianth is ranked 75,510^th in the world and 189^th in Conch Kingdom for Safest, scoring 92.79 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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