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The Republic of West Bristen Faults

“Liberty, Bravery and Fraternity”

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The Republic of West Bristen Faults is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its lack of airports, compulsory military service, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 16.502 billion West Bristenishes 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 42.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong West Bristen Faultsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,130 trillion West Bristen 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Retail. 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 68,500 West Bristen Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

It is well recognised that you can't sustain communism without a bit of spirit, middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, and the government's economic policy is "sort it yourself". Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. West Bristen Faults's national animal is the West Bristen Wagleri, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

West Bristen Faults is ranked 35,406^th in the world and 278^th in the West Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 61.47 kickbacks per hour.

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