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“Glory and Service”

The Interstellar Domination of Tanaara is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Archon Robert Fortier - Hex with an iron fist, and remarkable for its suspicion of poets. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.668 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and Education are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montguard. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Punitive tariffs protect local industry, record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been recorded, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Tanaara's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Auric.

Tanaara is ranked 8th in the region and 50,730th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.