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The Federation of Tarabostes
"Assimilation by preparation"

UN Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights: Below Average
Economy: Fragile
Political Freedoms: Outlawed
Location: Romania
Regional Influence: Minnow
Tarabostes is a UN Member

The Federation of Tarabostes is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 96 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Defence. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, and the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tarabostes's national animal is the sabertooth-tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the forlorn.

Tarabostes is ranked 8th in the region and 9,818th in the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.

United Nations Activity
Endorsements Received: 6 (Istrians, Ulpia Sarmisegetuza, Lizuca, Cine-itare, Poliarchy, Negru-Voda)