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The New Cruor Federation of YouStoob

“Hope Rides Alone”

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The New Cruor Federation of YouStoob is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Avakael with an iron fist, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, compulsory military service, and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 30.616 billion YouStoobians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Escoumi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.9%.

The powerhouse YouStoobian economy, worth a remarkable 2,189 trillion Halicarnassuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,500 Halicarnassuses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 210,143 per year while the poor average 19,164, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

Search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, the once prosperous capital is in utter decline, and disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. YouStoob's national animal is the White Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cruor.

YouStoob is ranked 130,970^th in the world and 145^th in Ordo Imperialia for Most Primitive, scoring -42.43 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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