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“vosstavshii iz ada”

The Non-Aligned Soviet Republic of Chernobyl-Pripyat is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ivan Yermakov with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.165 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veblensk. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Euthanasia is legal, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, the fire protection service is wholly government-funded, and corporate 'hostile takeovers' now involve ICBMs and main battle tanks. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chernobyl-Pripyat's national animal is the Grizzly bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Ruble.

Chernobyl-Pripyat is ranked 6th in the region and 10,273rd in the world for Largest Nations.