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The Unreasonably Large Monolith of The Burj Earth

“The Moon or Bust”

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The Unreasonably Large Monolith of The Burj Earth is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Falling Tower with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 26.948 billion Burj Earthians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Floor 118. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Burj Earthian economy, worth a remarkable 2,045 trillion Towers a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 75,913 Towers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens have voted the song "King Falling Tower Smells Like A Moon Man" as their new national anthem, the military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, and international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through The Burj Earth. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Burj Earth's national animal is the Moon Man, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Burj Earth is ranked 24,431^st in the world and 1^st in Community of Independent Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.36 law-abiding acts per hour.

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