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“Plan for the worst, hope for the best.”

The Republic of Schlueter is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.687 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, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Beef-Based Agriculture.

X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, almost half of the child population live rough on the streets, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Schlueter's national animal is the kitten, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the gumball.

Schlueter is ranked 26th in the region and 1,968th in the world for Rudest Citizens.