abstract
| - The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Spirituality, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.7%. The very strong Northlandian economy, worth 19.2 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 90,481 Credits, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 411,782 per year while the poor average 12,154, a ratio of 33.9 to 1. Companies balk at paying their workers, newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines, governments opposing The Northland Enclaves are beset by rebels, and the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Northland Enclaves's national animal is the Wolverine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
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