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The Pierce the Worthless Prawn of Austerain

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The Pierce the Worthless Prawn of Austerain is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Claire Gladstone with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.094 billion Austerens hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Austraton. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Austerainian economy, worth a remarkable 1,272 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,702 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

It's harder to qualify for IVF than for a good university, it turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, the nation's forests are full of treasure hunters in military-grade survival gear, and prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries. Crime is totally unknown. Austerain's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Austerain is ranked 30,904^th in the world and 159^th in Europeia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.19 law-abiding acts per hour.

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