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The Republic of Basque-Aqualine

“The people are the leaders, the government is their wil”

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The Republic of Basque-Aqualine is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 193 million Basque-Aqualineans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Basque-Aqualinean economy, worth 5.62 trillion Barsqes a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,111 Barsqes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves, a handful of megacorporations own every "craft brewery" in the nation, all the playground's a stage for Basque-Aqualinean schoolchildren, and elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Basque-Aqualine's national animal is the Pottoka, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Basque-Aqualine is ranked 192,613^th in the world and 129^th in Wintreath for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 28.68 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Endorsements Received: 13 » United Holiness Lands, Zalann, Aethyrcadia, Bhadno, Wintermoot, Kaladarka, Island of friends and dreams and fantasy, New Vipa, Free Separatists of New Columbia, Weihbach, Hai Dao, Anstovia, and New Isbellistan.