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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: Vassal
Tarabostes is a UN Member

The Federation of Tarabostes is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, cynical population of 306 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%. 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.

Copyright laws have been abolished, sabertooth-tiger populations thrive as dogs are slaughtered in the millions, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, and major cities are suffering under water rationing. 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 15th in the region and 16,339th in the world for Smartest Citizens.

United Nations Activity

Endorsements Received: 7 (Istrians, Ulpia Sarmisegetuza, Lizuca, Poliarchy, Negru-Voda, CaliforniaKhann, Los Santos - Excelsior)