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The Republic of USS St Lo is a mammoth, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 6.548 billion USS St Loans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.4%.

The thriving USS St Loan economy, worth 434 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 66,341 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Compass sales have gone south, the legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system, military spending recently hit a new high, and doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. USS St Lo's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

USS St Lo is ranked 93,958^th in the world and 8^th in Lightyears Away for Most Developed, scoring 62.99 on the Human Development Index.