Location: The Nation of Nations and Friends

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The Dark Galactic Empire of Aaron is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Dark Emperor Aaron with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.317 billion 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."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aaronopolis. The average income tax rate is 99%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Information Technology and Tourism.

Rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons, military spending is on the increase, newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines, and the commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled Aaron with a very polite populace. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aaron's national animal is the Aaronian draggon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is The Force, and its currency is the Arrow.

Aaron is ranked 2nd in The Nation of Nations and Friends and 1,521st in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 35 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and