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The Republic of Tyche is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Legate Patricia Whitmore with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic, devout population of 5.287 billion Tycheans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lafayette. The average income tax rate is 31.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Tychean economy, worth 252 trillion denaris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 47,712 denaris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tellurism has been named as Tyche's national religion, Legate Patricia Whitmore has just been declared ruler of Tyche in an international press conference, Tyche has designated Lafayette as its capital city, and the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tyche's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Tellurism.

Tyche is ranked 134,328^th in the world and 10^th in The Graveyard for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 766.27 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.