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The United States of Santo Espirito

“better than today is tomorrow”

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The United States of Santo Espirito is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 36 million Santo Espiritoans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The very strong Santo Espiritoan economy, worth 2.17 trillion Machadinhos a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Soda Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 60,200 Machadinhos, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 178,730 per year while the poor average 15,906, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

The nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, students do more community service than homework, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', and citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Santo Espirito's national animal is the Cachorro caramelo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Santo Espirito is ranked 37,498^th in the world and 13^th in RIUVV for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 54,481.1 Standard Monetary Units.

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