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The Republic of Artevenia

“Libertà, progresso, prosperità”

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The Republic of Artevenia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Leonardi with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and public floggings. The hard-nosed population of 9.038 billion Artevenians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Darcania. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Artevenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,458 trillion lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 161,337 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Statues of famous citizens are erected or demolished on a purely partisan basis, a small country is wondering where their capitol building's gold dome went, convicts released after being found "wrongfully imprisoned" are surprisingly chill about the whole thing, and hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Artevenia's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Artevenia is ranked 110,036^th in the world and 110^th in Lands End for Most Income Equality, scoring 35.4 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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