Koropistrano

The Armed Republic of Koropistrano is a fledgling nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2 million Koropistranoans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of law & order, defense, and education. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Koropistranoan economy, worth 125 billion rupees a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the book publishing industry, with significant contributions from beef-based agriculture and basket weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 25,159 rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Koropistrano's national animal is the Bengal Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.