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The Democratic Republic of Sparinos

“It's a New Day! Sparinos is the beacon on the hill!”

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The Democratic Republic of Sparinos is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Armestus Harris with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.905 billion Sparians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Avirus. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sparian economy, worth 762 trillion Notes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 155,510 Notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, and both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sparinos's national animal is the Hummingbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sparinos is ranked 8,209^th in the world and 146^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 449.28 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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