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[center][h2][b]The State of Plenty[/b][/h2][/center]

[b]Government Type:[/b]
Its inhabitants would call The State of Plenty an enlightened, egalitarian, society.  A direct democracy made possible with the height of technology and a universal dedication to averting the errors of old Humanity.  Outsiders might have a different opinion.  The State has long been denounced as little more than a vast, empowered, viscous mob.  One which assures its own prosperity and security by making the majority opinion the only opinion.

Of course, dissent isn’t illegal.  Usually.  Direct democracy means that anyone can propose new laws, and as the elites of the Core Worlds like to say, people can’t be trusted to rule themselves.  While advanced, semi organic, supercomputers determine the subject of daily votes that all citizens of The State undertake, they are little more than reflections of the popular consensus, prioritizing motions that appear likely to succeed.  Should there be enough chatter, and apparent enthusiasm, about any subject it isn’t unthinkable that it would end up on the docket. 

As votes are global, so too are the bills and measures voted on.  There exists no local representation in the State of Plenty.  Only the will of the whole.

[b]Demographics:[/b]
Per vote 1222-68DHY-M3, which forbid any census in perpetuity, there is no clear data to support any real assumption on The State’s major populations.  What can be seen is that, for all it might be a place of apparent ‘mob-rule’, The State is remarkably diverse.  There are many, and perhaps a majority of, Humans, but they hardly make up more than the thinnest of majorities, if even that.  In truth, any and every species can be found in the State. 

[b]Economy:[/b]
The State of Plenty is, to the surprise of some, not a misnomer.  There exists no poverty, strife, or even struggle.  In fact, conventional work is almost unpracticed by the population.  Rather, the citizens of The State partake exclusively in their passions and shun the very notion of working for some tangible material gain.  This has resulted in the state being a massive exporter of art, video media, and music.  The State of Plenty is an undeniable cultural powerhouse, but everyone knows a world cannot sustain itself on art and passion alone.  Nor can its people.

Thus, here exists the devil's bargain.  While a sizable share of menial labor in The State is automated it is an open secret that ‘tasks of necessity’ eschewed by the citizenry are handled by the world's vast prison industrial complex.  This is sustained by there being a single punishment for all crimes in The State: Service to The State.  Specifically, blissful service.  Any prisoner, serving any sentence, for any length of time, is implanted with an electrochemical reward system intended to increase a prisoners quality of life.  

Or that was how it was sold, generations ago.  The reality is that undesirable tasks in The State are handled by addicts, controlled by an addiction hard wired into their skulls.  While it is true that the implant can be harmlessly removed, its initial installation is no choice.  After all, who would work tirelessly for nothing?  The majority of The State’s population has long considered their wicked practice, by and large, ethical.  After all, what’s better?  To suffer in service and penance for your crimes, or to enact your penance with a spacey, but genuine smile. 

Maybe that would be true, if it wasn’t for the ‘choice’ offered to convicts upon the end of their sentence.  That is, whether to leave at all.  It is no secret that the vast majority of the prisoners working in The State have long since earned their release.

They just didn’t want it. 

[b]Military:[/b]
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[b]History:[/b]
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[b]Characters:[/b]
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