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The Issue
Religious and scientific leaders have clashed recently over the teaching of evolution in public schools.

The Debate
"Ach, good to see you haff made it here in one piece," says evil doctor Randy Hamilton as you wake up strapped to a chair in a secret lab. "As you can see from my brilliant experiments, science has now solved zer problems of zer vorld und ve need nothink else! I propose zat ve do AVAY vith zer teachink of silly thinks like religion und concentrate on zer FACTS! For a start, ve must teach our children where ve came from. Ve shouldn't be teaching anythink that hasn't been scientifically proven - er - accounted for, I mean. Igor, release our guest - I haff a monkey to show him..."
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"That's a LIE, son, we come from the great meteor of truth!" yells firebrand preacher Pastor Richards, kicking down your door. "We cannot allow there transgressions against the HOLY truth to continue! All the heathens should be thankful we don't burn them at the stake for their devilry! This nation's true and just government must ban the filth and corruption being spread bah these WICKED men!"
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"What I'm wondering is why we need to take sides on this," says student Zeke Dredd. "After all, it's only a theory. An unproven theory. It's not like it has any bearing on real life - let's just allow the biologists to teach evolution but emphasise that it's only a theory, but also make them teach other theories such as creationism. Heck, we can tell them that crackpot theory that we're all descended from Kittys too! Then everyone goes away happy."
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"Stop bickering already!" says Billy McGuffin, Minister of Education. "I say that you can have your cake and eat it, too. Education should be split if it stops this debate. The parents can send their children to secular schools or religious schools, based on what they want their kids to hear. It's expensive, certainly, but the education budget has been needing boosted for ages anyway."
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The Government Position
The government has yet to formalize a position on this issue.

The Oppressed Peoples of Insomneisa is a huge, economically powerful nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 666 million are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 89%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining.

Citizens are regularly shot for parking on the double-yellow line, public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people", the country is preparing for war, and door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force.