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The Mysterious Black Hole of Roless

“As the winds whisper...”

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The Mysterious Black Hole of Roless is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The High Queen of Roless with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 16.552 billion Rolessians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atchta. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Rolessian economy, worth a remarkable 9,391 trillion Rezzats 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. 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 a breathtaking 567,387 Rezzats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Email killed the radio star, Roless isn't what it used to be, there are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices, and keeping the lights on keeps the lights on for increasing amounts of Rolessians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Roless's national animal is the Funky Badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Funkyism.

Roless is ranked 288,839^th in the world and 196^th in Forest for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.25 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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World Assembly

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