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The Free Democracy of Ballotonia

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The Free Democracy of Ballotonia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Ballo with a fair hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, national health service, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 42.909 billion Ballons 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 relatively small government is dominated by the Department of Education, although Industry, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tulipolis. The average income tax rate is 43.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ballotonian economy, worth an astonishing 14,081 trillion Levs a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 328,171 Levs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly, corporate lawyers are joyfully combing through the new tax code for any new loopholes for their clients, and the Counter-Terrorism Unit has been nicknamed "Big Bad Wolf" for its tendency towards urban demolition. Crime is totally unknown. Ballotonia's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Atheism.

Ballotonia is ranked 68,529^th in the world and 26^th in Nederland for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,279.88 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.

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