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The Commonwealth of Aberllyn2 is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 8 million Aberllyn2ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 58.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Aberllyn2ian economy, worth 175 billion pesos 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. 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 21,974 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aberllyn2's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aberllyn2 is ranked 214,490^th in the world and 12^th in Circumference for Highest Poor Incomes, with 20,006.24 Standard Monetary Units.