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The Republic of Vara 5

“Everyone expects the Varanian Inquisition”

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The Republic of Vara 5 is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.561 billion Vara 5ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Vara 5ian economy, worth 394 trillion Object Permanences a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,768 Object Permanences, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall, the price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, armed security details escort librarians to their homes, and signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vara 5's national animal is the Question Mark, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vara 5 is ranked 34,494^th in the world and 82^nd in Artificial Solar System for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 165.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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