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language=English, Elvish, Dragon-Tongue |
 
language=English, Elvish, Dragon-Tongue |
 
capital=Anvil Harbor |
 
capital=Anvil Harbor |
population=300 - 400 Million |
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population=400 - 500 Million |
 
currency=Crown |
 
currency=Crown |
leader=Black Panther
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leader=The Black Panther
 
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== Current Info ==
 
== Current Info ==
  
The Kingdom of Golden sails is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed population of 372 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
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The Kingdom of Golden sails is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed population of 439 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
  
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on the Environment, although Public Transport and Social Welfare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 51%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.
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The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- is mainly concerned with the Environment, although Public Transport and Social Welfare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 45%, but much higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.
  
Euthanasia is illegal, cars are banned, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and the government is avowedly atheist. Crime is relatively low. Golden sails's national animal is the dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the crown.
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Golden sails is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, military funding has been stripped back, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, and citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Golden sails's national animal is the dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the crown.
  
  
  
== History ==
 
  
=== Colonization and Dragons===
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== Colonization and Dragons ==
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== History After Colonization ==
  
 
== Name and Peoples ==
 
== Name and Peoples ==

Revision as of 17:35, 3 January 2007

Golden Sails
golden_sails.jpg
Flag of Golden Sails
Motto: Slay dragons or get eaten
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Region Pye
Capital Anvil Harbor
Official Language(s) English, Elvish, Dragon-Tongue
Leader The Black Panther
Population 400 - 500 Million
Currency Crown 
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Current Info

The Kingdom of Golden sails is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed population of 439 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- is mainly concerned with the Environment, although Public Transport and Social Welfare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 45%, but much higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Golden sails is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, military funding has been stripped back, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, and citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Golden sails's national animal is the dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the crown.



Colonization and Dragons

History After Colonization

Name and Peoples

Geography