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The Republic of Arelplace

“Si parare possis, vivere septem”

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The Republic of Arelplace is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Laddington McLad with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.112 billion Arelplaceans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bisulifan. The average income tax rate is 84.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Arelplacean economy, worth 495 trillion pelves a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,343 pelves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Statues of famous citizens are erected or demolished on a purely partisan basis, many friends and relatives of Laddington McLad have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, white strait-jackets are the new orange jumpsuits, and advertisers scramble to sponsor the broadcast of Laddington McLad's most personal functions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arelplace's national animal is the Arctic crow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arelplace is ranked 193,727^th in the world and 6,519^th in the South Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 31 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.

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