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The Democratic Republic of Akragas

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The Democratic Republic of Akragas is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Premier of the Republic with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, state-planned economy, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 12.07 billion Akragantines are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porto Empedocle. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Akragantine economy, worth a remarkable 1,566 trillion drachmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 129,801 drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, anti-government web sites are springing up, soldiers are issued comics about superheroes punching unflattering caricatures of their enemies, and royalist is the most offensive slur in the Akragantine language. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Akragas's national animal is the crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is atheism.

Akragas is ranked 18,170^th in the world and 1,316^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.27 law-abiding acts per hour.

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