I'm trying to find a title for a book that I misplaced years ago. It's a SciFi book set in a future with a galactic empire and an Earth-based central government. There is a single planet that is not part of the Empire. Due to political instability in the Empire, a new enemy is needed to focus people and the sole planet is designated as the enemy.
This individual planet is a true egalitarian community, little crime. When crime does happen, it's punished in the public square by a computerized whip and the criminal released. They send an agent to Earth with the goal of destabilizing the government. One method used is leaflets denoting the rise in prices of various staple goods such as bread, milk and eggs over the course of the previous month or week.
I recall reading this book the first time about 20 years ago.
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