abstract
| - It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 98.2%. The frighteningly efficient Oregon Oxalisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,223 trillion Oxaliss a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 130,634 Oxaliss, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest. The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, more and more students are taking up a career in medicine, curtailed social programs have left many citizens bereft of any safety net, and students who refuse to pray are expelled from school. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Oregon Oxalis's national animal is the Oregon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a major religion.
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