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“Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.”

The Republic of Randists is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Ted Nugent with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.632 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, pro-business individuals is mainly concerned with Defence, although Education and Commerce are secondary priorities. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology industries.

Wolf is one of the most popular forenames in Randists, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffer-driven limousines, university graduates and new home-owners toil in labour camps to work off their debts, and citizens drive tank-like vehicles with mounted machine guns. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Randists's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the gold nugget.

Randists is ranked 208th in the region and 6,559th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.