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“Glory of the Nation, Benefit of the People”

The Principality of Northern Rangeria is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prince Mikhail IV Halsar with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 3.2 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, organ donation is compulsory, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, and a cyber-war between file sharers and the music industry formats hard drives across the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Rangeria's national animal is the crazy monkey cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the markha.

Northern Rangeria is ranked 2661st in the region and 35,073rd in the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.