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The Final Bastion of Gendirt

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The Final Bastion of Gendirt is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Ŧ͓͡ค̱̎เ̤̈́г̬̒ץ̐ͅ ๏̢̀Ŧ̻͘ ̱͊Ŧคเ͙̓гเ͙͐є͙̈ร̺̚ with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, disturbing lack of elderly people, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 24.853 billion Gendirtors are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Old Hell. The average income tax rate is 26.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gendirtian economy, worth a remarkable 8,695 trillion fossilized bee heads a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 349,878 fossilized bee heads, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Slow dancing is made trickier when Auntie Edna insists on standing between the couple's arms, recapturing giraffes is proving to be a tall order, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, and over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gendirt's national animal is the flesh bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Beekeeper Association.

Gendirt is ranked 166^th in the world and 8^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 168 flags saluted per person per day.

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