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The Armed and Dangerous Republic of Vylixan Ares

“War, war never changes”

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The Armed and Dangerous Republic of Vylixan Ares is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Ares with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.408 billion Dangers 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deep Underground Command Center. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Dangerous economy, worth a remarkable 1,315 trillion Swords a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 156,413 Swords, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 843,875 per year while the poor average 15,044, a ratio of 56.1 to 1.

Nuclear submarines have been deployed to protect the nation's banana supply, Dangers are free from pain - but the side effects include loss of individual thought and freedom, political loyalty is enforced by way of chemical addiction, and pocket dialling is a criminal offence. Crime is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Vylixan Ares's national animal is the Dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is War.

Vylixan Ares is ranked 4,955^th in the world and 79^th in The East Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring 124.2 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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