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The Republic of Abtracnt is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 19.073 billion Abtracntics are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ardentia. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Abtracntic economy, worth a remarkable 1,330 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is 69,760 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The newest shade developed by Abtracnt's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange', politicians can be seen taking candy from babies, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Abtracnt to be bombproof, and the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Abtracnt's national animal is the Abtracntian Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Abtracnt is ranked 307,162^nd in the world and 4,970^th in The East Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -9.49 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.