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The Republic of The Shadows 149

“Darkness shall rise!”

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The Republic of The Shadows 149 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 2.144 billion Shadows 149ians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 70.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Shadows 149ian economy, worth 29.9 trillion rubledollars 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, quite specialized black market in Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Soda Sales. 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 13,966 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Shadows 149's national animal is the hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Shadows 149 is ranked 32,074^th in the world and 1^st in Achillean league for Safest, scoring 108.28 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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