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The Federal Republic of Zolotova

“People of the Frozen Tundra”

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The Federal Republic of Zolotova is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 262 million Zolots are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 41.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Zolotovan economy, worth 11.8 trillion Zoloes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 44,979 Zoloes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves, and old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zolotova's national animal is the Zog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zolotova is ranked 94,961^st in the world and 29^th in Lair of the Dragon for Most Authoritarian, with 976.7 milliStalins.

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