Kamadhatu
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| Motto: "Apratisthita Nirvana" | |
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| Region | Wysteria |
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| Capital | Prabha |
| Official Language(s) | Upek, Kusa, English |
| Leader | President Raj Hans Raj; Prime Minister E.S. Cirettekrub |
| Population | 6 million |
| Currency | pancaksaya |
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The Federation of Kamadhatu is a small, devout nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-working population of 12 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The enormous government devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Law & Order and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 28%. A very small private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.
Voting is voluntary, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and Kamadhatu's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime is well under control. Kamadhatu's national animal is the rabbit and its currency is the pancaksaya.
Although its ranking in various United Nations polls has placed it consistently in the 66,000 or lower range, Kamadhatu was voted most likely to succeed and best dressed in its senior class.
History
Kamadhatu was established with the merger of three independent kingdoms into a single federation in 1958. With the Treaty of Prabha, the nations of Upeksa, Sunyata, and Akusala-Kusala (itself a federation of sorts) agreed to form federal parliamentary republic, modeled after the nations of Western Europe and North America.
Each of the regions shared a great deal in common both culturally and geographically. While Upek was spoken throughout the kingdoms of Upeksa and Sunyata, Kusa was the predominant language in Akusala-Kusala; English - as a result of heavy British imperialist influence throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries - was widely spoken by the kingdoms' upper and intellectual classes.
Most important, however, was the influence of Boodhism throughout the three kingdoms. Each country was ruled by a king regarded as the reincarnation of one of three bodhisattvas, and the people of each country tended to place their allegiance to their religion ahead of that to their country.
Nonetheless, the promise of better economic lives through unification proved hard to resist, and in 1949 negotiations on some form of unification program began. The process would take a full nine years.
The early years of the new federation were difficult, at best. When promised material and economic advantages failed to immediately materialize, the public quickly became disenchanted with their new country and several secessionist organizations were formed.
Riots broke out in the capital cities as well as various other communities when crops failed throughout the federation in 1962. Hundreds are believed to have been killed by panicked government troops too unskilled to deal with any kind of insurrection. Nearing collapse, the government, led by Prime Minister V.J. Rankar, called an emergency session of the National Assembly which immediately ordered all military personnel back to barracks. Emergency rations were requested from outside and within days order had been restored. Then began the difficult task of rebuilding faith in the young country.
