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The Rat God's Lands of Russchratt

“Meet Me Glassy Eyed, Blind, and Divine”

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The Rat God's Lands of Russchratt is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Lord Jerm III with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, flagrant waste-dumping, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.324 billion Schrattians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bungerbarnia. The average income tax rate is 56.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Schrattian economy, worth 676 trillion Schratt Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 203,447 Schratt Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

New pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, parents often ask to see a credit report before lending money to their own children, and new treatments are rejected if they cannot be explained using only one-syllable words. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Russchratt's national animal is the Rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Schrattianism.

Russchratt is ranked 289,145^th in the world and 32^nd in OrangeJuice for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2.64 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

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