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The Elected Monarchy of World Trade is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Monarch Elect Эдwaрд Wйт with an even hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 14.135 billion Brussians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Elizabeth. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient World Tradean economy, worth a remarkable 4,468 trillion Dizhikwids 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. 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 an amazing 316,139 Dizhikwids, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, royalist is the most offensive slur in the World Tradean language, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. World Trade's national animal is the wild Prince Charles, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

World Trade is ranked 4,397^th in the world and 17^th in Thaecia for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 10,693.18 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.