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The Armed Republic of Petroli is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Yuriy Tarasov with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, strictly enforced bedtime, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.709 billion Petrolians 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, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Makarov Square. The average income tax rate is 64.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Petrolian economy, worth a remarkable 1,100 trillion Petrolas 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, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. 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 233,765 Petrolas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, epidemiologists happily announce that the reported incidence of depression is close to zero percent, and people's charity begins and ends at home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Petroli's national animal is the Woodland Abomination, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Chemistry.

Petroli is ranked 291,213^th in the world and 219^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Nudest, with 27.5 cheeks per square mile.