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The Republic of Vara 108

“From Many, One”

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The Republic of Vara 108 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its smutty television, pith helmet sales, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.418 billion Vara 108ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 82.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Vara 108ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,008 trillion dollars 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an impressive 157,129 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Main battle tanks stalk the woods of Vara 108 in search of squirrels, the nation refuses to provide international aid, government adverts say that twelve lashes a day keeps divine wrath at bay, and spies caught in Vara 108 are never heard from again. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vara 108's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vara 108 is ranked 28,960^th in the world and 203^rd in Eye for Lowest Crime Rates, with 83.35 law-abiding acts per hour.

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