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The Republic of Vara 4

“Everyone expects the Varanian Inquisition”

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The Republic of Vara 4 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, unlimited-speed roads, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.097 billion Vara 4ians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Vara 4ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,233 trillion Object Permanences a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 173,748 Object Permanences, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 660,441 per year while the poor average 31,695, a ratio of 20.8 to 1.

The country has unplugged its internet connection to prevent subversive content, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom, and breast milk lattes are the newest fad among hip urbanites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vara 4's national animal is the Question Mark, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vara 4 is ranked 52,420^th in the world and 551^st in Eye for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.51 law-abiding acts per hour.

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