abstract
| - It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corsaria City. The income tax rate is 100%. The frighteningly efficient Corsarian economy, worth an astonishing 12,948 trillion Cors a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an amazing 460,954 Cors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest. Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, expensive lawyers are hired to defend citizens in court for public urination charges against their pets, and Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Corsaria's national animal is the Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
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