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The Hyperborean Empire of Vostag

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The Hyperborean Empire of Vostag is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Imperator Adamanus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 23.877 billion Hyperboreans 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Commoriom. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Hyperborean economy, worth a remarkable 5,724 trillion Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 239,755 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses, maximum security Hyperborean subway stations inspire prison systems around the world, an online tea-bagging epidemic is getting worse and (meta)worse, and increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vostag's national animal is the Eroros, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Beyd.

Vostag is ranked 4,367^th in the world and 1^st in Barbaria for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 15,894.54 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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