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The Commonwealth of Tranquility Antioch is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Sovereign with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, aversion to nipples, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.304 billion Tranquility Antiochians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mesopotamia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 82.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tranquility Antiochian economy, worth a remarkable 2,092 trillion Gold coins a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 136,758 Gold coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 451,439 per year while the poor average 30,995, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

Rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, it's a common sight to see angry commuters with grenade launchers mounted on their vehicles, bouncers at the door of the sweet shop warn five-year-olds not to cause trouble, and it is technically inaccurate to call the dead 'worm food'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tranquility Antioch's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Melchizedek.

Tranquility Antioch is ranked 10,849^th in the world and 2^nd in Ancient for Most Cultured, scoring 110 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.