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“Deus fideles defendit - God protects the faithful ones”

The Royal Fire Star Sceptre of Galactic Furs is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Major IrishSetter CEO with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.994 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marina City. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', and retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galactic Furs's national animal is the Red Flox Setter, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Kibble.

Galactic Furs is ranked 17th in the region and 50,495th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.