The Holy Empire of Aster Laurel is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.378 billion Aster Laurelians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.
The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Healthcare and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.
The strong Aster Laurelian economy, worth 86.8 trillion UwUs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 62,969 UwUs, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 374,960 per year while the poor average 4,840, a ratio of 77.5 to 1.
Elected officials who disagree with Leader have a lot of accidents, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, and marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Aster Laurel's national animal is the OwO, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.
Aster Laurel is ranked 255,732nd in the world and 3,441st in the Rejected Realms for Nicest Citizens, with 7.52 average smiles per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Aster Laurel's influence in The Rejected Realms rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
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Aster Laurel was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Lowest Overall Tax Burden.
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Aster Laurel's influence in The Rejected Realms rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
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Aster Laurel resigned from the World Assembly.
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Aster Laurel relocated from Omnitellus to The Rejected Realms.
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Aster Laurel was ejected and banned from Omnitellus by
The Community of Tolfaerian Volunteers.
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Aster Laurel's influence in Omnitellus rose from "Zero" to "Page".
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Aster Laurel relocated from Greater Empires to Omnitellus.
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Aster Laurel was endorsed by
The Republic of Lady of the Lac 2.
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Aster Laurel was admitted to the World Assembly.