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The World of Azami Hatanaka is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Azami Hatanaka with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 12.799 billion Azami Hatanakans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beracoda. The average income tax rate is 27.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Azami Hatanakan economy, worth a remarkable 1,209 trillion yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 94,467 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Most pop videos prominently feature the Azami Hatanakan flag, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, and the endangered saltwater humpback seal is only seen in captivity programs. Crime is totally unknown. Azami Hatanaka's national animal is the seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Violetism.

Azami Hatanaka is ranked 188,706^th in the world and 1^st in January for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 21.42 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.