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“Dnt B A Menance While Drinkin ur gin & juice in da hood”

The Armed Republic of Slapahoe Tribe is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 50 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Commerce, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 55%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture.

Euthanasia is illegal, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Slapahoe Tribe's national animal is the slug, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the pickle.

Slapahoe Tribe is ranked 49th in the region and 39,574th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.