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The Commercial Military Outpost of Second Marketing and Export

“Trade and Treasure”

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The Commercial Military Outpost of Second Marketing and Export is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Governor General Thiva with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 10.994 billion Marketers 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Official Exchange. The average income tax rate is 71.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Exportian economy, worth a remarkable 1,446 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,570 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Armed police are cracking down on untaxed collectable-card-trading in local junior schools, serial killers are the country's biggest import, astronomers are flocking to Second Marketing and Export to take advantage of its clear night skies, and choking on dollars is a leading cause of death for wild animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Marketing and Export's national animal is the cent, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the Cult of Makaria.

Second Marketing and Export is ranked 23,317^th in the world and 1^st in Marketing for Lowest Crime Rates, with 87.17 law-abiding acts per hour.

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