The Federal Republic of WeirdCat is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 364 million WeirdCatians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.4%.
The frighteningly efficient WeirdCatian economy, worth 41.3 trillion weird dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 113,363 weird dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.
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