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The Astral Queen of Planet Q

“The thing where we'll catch the conscience of the king.”

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The Astral Queen of Planet Q is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Thomas Leighton III with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.202 billion Planet Q Inhabitants love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Q Town. The average income tax rate is 83.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Planet Q economy, worth 848 trillion Federation Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 83,124 Federation Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, official government guidance encourages binge behaviors, motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Planet Q's national animal is the Thespian, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Planet Q is ranked 166,573^rd in the world and 73^rd in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 362.25 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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