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The Nomadic Peoples of Qurfa

“Might Makes Right”

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The Nomadic Peoples of Qurfa is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.362 billion Qurfans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.6%.

The very strong Qurfan economy, worth 526 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Soda Sales. Average income is 63,007 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 8.2 times as much as the poorest.

Stockbrokers dream of getting rich by writing textbooks, military spending is on the increase, immigrants are asked to leave their cultural traditions and pride at the border, and mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Qurfa's national animal is the panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Qurfa is ranked 185,693^rd in the world and 7,001^st in Osiris for Highest Food Quality, scoring 12.9 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

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