Location: The Orbital Troop Fleet of USSR

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Soon-to-be PUCK World Rulers of Trade is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Emperor AptenodytesForceTerriflying-sama with an iron fist, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.802 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 juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Inescapable Sarcophagus for all Life. The average income tax rate is 69%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

It is illegal to liberate slaves, political activists are routinely executed, penurious citizens die from easily remedied ailments because they aren't 'taking enough initiative', and the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime is moderate. Trade's national animal is the Bloodthirsty Representation of a Penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Violet Neo-Tradizm with Absolute Tribute, and its currency is the Divine Radiation from His Supreme Being.

Trade is ranked 8th in The Orbital Troop Fleet of USSR and 129,443rd in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -139 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and