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The Protectorate of BA-1

“Skin on skin, let the love begin”

Category: Authoritarian Democracy
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
All-Consuming
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Hermit

Location: Black Army

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BA-1

Population23.154 billion

Currency$$
AnimalDolly Varden

The Protectorate of BA-1 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 23.154 billion BA-1ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 57.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming BA-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,038 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 88,021 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, getting an infected tattoo is considered a rite of passage in BA-1, top-shelf magazines feature risqué centrefold spreads of ladies' wrists, and polygamy is legal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BA-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

BA-1 is ranked 2,654th in the world and 1st in Black Army for Most Stationary, with 3,875.70585288 days.

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Most Stationary: 2,654thTop
5%
Largest Populations: 11,081stLargest Black Market: 11,539thHighest Economic Output: 12,028thTop
10%
Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 18,080thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 19,227thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 22,793rdMost Devout: 26,010thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 28,709th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : BA-1 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : BA-1 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : BA-1 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : BA-1 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : BA-1 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : BA-1 set the regional banner of Black Army.
  • : BA-1 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Following new legislation in BA-1, polygamy is legal.
  • : Following new legislation in BA-1, top-shelf magazines feature risqué centrefold spreads of ladies' wrists.
  • : Following new legislation in BA-1, getting an infected tattoo is considered a rite of passage in BA-1.

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