Jack of Harts

Mississippi has a professional military as most nations measure it. Most of their equipment is primarily geared towards providing fast and responsive security for their various gaming districts on Earth and beyond. The majority of the senior enlisted and officers are well-paid volunteers who spend decades in service. The casinos encourage these career soldiers to leave after their second or third decade to avoid stagnation in the ranks, though the best of them often return after a decade or two in the civilian sector. This keeps the military small while providing them with a large pool of well-trained leaders capable of being rotated back into service at a moment’s notice. This proved invaluable when The War came upon us all, and they rapidly expanded to meet the new alien threat.

The casino-led government of Mississippi leads a State with one of the highest standards of living in America. The people are friendly and masters of bleeding foreigners of all the money they can afford to lose. The State is peaceful and safe for visitors and locals alike. The reason for this is simple. The casinos do not believe in imprisoning those who break the peace or hurt others. Prisons cost money to maintain. It is much better to put such people to better use, or be rid of them altogether. Those convicted of minor offenses are granted the option of serving their terms in the Mississippi Defense Forces. Those who commit less minor crimes are required to spend their sentences in exile, where they can see how people outside Mississippi live. The worst dangers to peaceful society are executed after a scrupulously fair and swift trial.

Mississippi’s casinos supported a surprisingly altruistic society from the very beginning. They ran the numbers, studied the studies, and came to the decision that a happy and healthy population was good for profits. They could work longer, suck more foreigners out of their hard-earned money, and they were far less of a headache to govern. Families with nice houses and white picket fences are less likely to break the law and hurt other people, greatly reducing the amount of money required to keep the peace. They also aggressively supported free speech on all platforms, especially that speech critical of the government. Monitoring the complaints allowed them to know where they should modify matters to address common concerns. Mississippi has one of the highest standards of living, and greatest profits, in known space because of this aggressively altruistic governance.