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“Peace Through Power”

The Armed Republic of Northern Survivalists is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Nastya with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.899 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anchorhead. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Gambling and Tourism.

Crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, and citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Survivalists's national animal is the wolverine, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Mixed, and its currency is the dollar.

Northern Survivalists is ranked 88th in the region and 6,234th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.