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The Ongoing State of Absentia

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The Ongoing State of Absentia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by youse with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, soft-spoken computers, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 43.757 billion Absentians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The tiny, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Industry, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Middle of Nowhere. The average income tax rate is 21.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Absentian economy, worth an astonishing 24,884 trillion ergs 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 large, well-organized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. 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 a breathtaking 568,694 ergs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, and hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have. Crime is totally unknown. Absentia's national animal is the cambot, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Absentia is ranked 5,422^nd in the world and 1^st in CDW Federation for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 612,981 Standard Monetary Units.

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