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The Federation of Tarabostes
"Assimilation by preparation"


UN Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights: Below Average
Economy: Reasonable
Political Freedoms: Outlawed
Location: Romania
Regional Influence: Minnow

The Federation of Tarabostes is a very large, safe nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its cynical population of 133 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 100%. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

The country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, popular political cartoonists are thrown in jail for inciting dissent, the government has legalised small-scale capitalism, and long arduous trials are held for the most trivial of offences. 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 40th in the region and 33,807th in the world for Most Subsidized Industry.