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The Federation of Tarabostes - teh beginningzez

"Assimilation by simulation"

UN Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights:Some
Economy:Developing
Political Freedoms:Unheard Of
Location: Romania
Regional Influence: Minnow

The Federation of Tarabostes is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 5 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded morass -- devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 39%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Retail and Basket Weaving.

Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Tarabostes's national animal is the sabertooth-tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the forlorn.