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The Grand Duchy of 46566

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The Grand Duchy of 46566 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Lamont Cranston with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 38.652 billion Midgaris are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Midgar. The average income tax rate is 3.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Midgari economy, worth an astonishing 22,026 trillion Ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 569,875 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Midgaris seem to be catching more chills, diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, and immersive video game experiences are interrupted by incessant disclaimer pop-ups. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. 46566's national animal is the Spiteful Crow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is National Orthodoxy.

46566 is ranked 1,018^th in the world and 1^st in New Coalition of Nations for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 39,307.62 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.

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