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The Troutarchy of The Redwood Isles

“In the Loons we trout.”

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The Troutarchy of The Redwood Isles is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The High Troutarch with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.432 billion Redwood Islanders 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Environment, Healthcare, and Defense are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Capitale. The average income tax rate is 73.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Redwood Islesian economy, worth 512 trillion Gold-Standards a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Trout Farming, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 149,292 Gold-Standards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Frustrated teenage boys are told that if they like it then they should have put a ring on it, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, medical staff can legally quiet people who ask for a second helping of Salisbury steak, and The Redwood Isles's fine wines are renowned throughout the region. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. The Redwood Isles's national animal is the Narwhal, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Troutic Loonism.

The Redwood Isles is ranked 74,327^th in the world and 2,092^nd in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 104.07 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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