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The Intermittent Republic of Murab

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The Intermittent Republic of Murab is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Grand Optimist Gorice XIII with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, anti-smoking policies, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 15.141 billion Murabians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Misery. The average income tax rate is 1.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Murabian economy, worth a remarkable 4,790 trillion New Groats a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 316,423 New Groats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Families must live in a village for a century before they get any say in how it runs, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, being dead no longer has any benefits, and Murabian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Murab's national animal is the Ravening Sloth, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Reformed Empirical Syncretism.

Murab is ranked 295^th in the world and 1^st in The Western Isles for Most Beautiful Environments, with 7,804.26 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

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