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The Republic of Anserisa

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The Republic of Anserisa is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Columbo Septimum with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, unlimited-speed roads, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.273 billion Anserisans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brantavilla. The average income tax rate is 91.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Anserisan economy, worth 143 trillion Aureusoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 112,847 Aureusoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most ambassadors from Anserisa retire only a few years after being appointed, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, and a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Anserisa's national animal is the Anserisan Goose, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Apertiaism.

Anserisa is ranked 223,603^rd in the world and 8,406^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -20.38 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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