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The Armed Republic of Zaelith

“We can kill it, even if it doesn't bleed.”

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The Armed Republic of Zaelith is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lexi Zaelin with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, flagrant waste-dumping, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.854 billion Zaelithians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zael. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Zaelithian economy, worth 893 trillion Zils a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 231,835 Zils, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

The nation has become a pariah for giving pirates letters of marque, sick days are on the rise, economics is a shrinking field, and every fourth child is born with flippers instead of hands. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Zaelith's national animal is the Roadkill, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zaelith is ranked 22,536^th in the world and 436^th in the South Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 108.8 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.

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