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The Democratic People's Republic of Zhang-Bai

“We have nothing to lose but our chains!”

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The Democratic People's Republic of Zhang-Bai is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by General Secretary Commissar Zhang with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.954 billion Zhang-Baians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantis. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Zhang-Baian economy, worth a remarkable 2,730 trillion Silvers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 304,986 Silvers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, third world countries are rich in "I Love Atlantis" t-shirts, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, and there are no more heroes any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zhang-Bai's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Zhang-Bai is ranked 551^st in the world and 2^nd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Lowest Crime Rates, with 193.2 law-abiding acts per hour.

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