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The Shelbyzone of Stewbone

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The Shelbyzone of Stewbone is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Presidential Executive Shelby Forthright with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9.876 billion Consumerists enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Asheville. The average income tax rate is 68.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Colonialist economy, worth a remarkable 1,976 trillion Dollar-Scrips a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 200,113 Dollar-Scrips, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The ruling party has a devil of a time keeping order in the ranks, politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, when you fly on Air Stewbone you win a seat or you die, and artists are pillars of society. Crime is totally unknown. Stewbone's national animal is the Deagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Stewbone is ranked 226,282^nd in the world and 280^th in The Union of Democratic States for Safest, scoring 26.64 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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