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The Hive Mind of Testlandia

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The Hive Mind of Testlandia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Violet with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 45.117 billion Testlandians 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent 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 Tést City. The average income tax rate is 88.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Testlandian economy, worth a remarkable 3,017 trillion Kro-bro-ünzes a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. Average income is 66,886 Kro-bro-ünzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political detractors refer to Violet as 'that Bigtopian puppet', dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', Violet's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, and Testlandians struggle to cut tofu steak with a spoon. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Testlandia's national animal is the ★★★ nautilus ★★★, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Neo-Violetism.

Testlandia is ranked 56,341^st in the world and 12^th in Testregionia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 133.08 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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