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The Federal People's Republic of Sutland Rep

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The Federal People's Republic of Sutland Rep is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Crairman Matthius Bark with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cheerful population of 23.076 billion Sutlanders have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sutland metropolitan City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Sutlandian economy, worth a remarkable 8,496 trillion Arons 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, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. 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 368,203 Arons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, disaster relief budgets are growing like wildfire, smoking is banned in public areas, and on hunt days the unpleasant peasant runs in lieu of the pheasant. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sutland Rep's national animal is the Turkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Sutland Rep is ranked 3,281^st in the world and 5^th in Equinox for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 64.41 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.

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