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The Misfit Nation of Beta Aurigae VII is a massive, economically powerful nation, renowned for its devotion to social welfare.
Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.087 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because
the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing
demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is
led by the Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.
Citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory minature radios, protests are legal but strictly supervised,
the Beta Aurigae VII Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about
the noise, and graffiti graces every city's streets. Crime is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force
and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beta Aurigae VII's national animal is the Tiger Shark, which teeters
on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Kilo.
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