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The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Pack Storage 61ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,332 trillion cards a year, is led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 168,468 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 511,521 per year while the poor average 43,118, a ratio of 11.9 to 1.

The government is slowly introducing social welfare programs, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, military spending recently hit a new high, and autopsies often involve only cursory examination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Pack Storage 61's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

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