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The Rogue Nation of Strivers is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, zero percent divorce rate, and absence of drug laws. The democratic population of 2.168 billion Striversians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Backyard. The average income tax rate is 29.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Striversian economy, worth 94.1 trillion World dollars 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 43,405 World dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The Sol Badmen has a hungry look, pilgrims from across the world come to Strivers to worship a glowing tree with a face carved on it, children regularly take part in blood sports that result in extreme boo-boos, and trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Strivers's national animal is the Sol Badmen, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Strivers is ranked 200,159^th in the world and 1^st in Sithisburgh for Largest Populations, with 2.17 billion capita.