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The Free Bears of Bears Armed is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by ChairBear of the High Council with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, deadly medical pandemics, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 42.473 billion Bears hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Council Groves. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Urrsish economy, worth an astonishing 16,184 trillion golden thalers a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 381,048 golden thalers, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

The musical cognoscenti insist the national anthem just isn't the same without a double contrabass flute, compassion shrinks as tax rebates grow, Goldilocks is one of the most popular forenames in Bears Armed, and students eagerly await homework from their gaming class. Crime is totally unknown. Bears Armed's national animal is the goldilocks, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is One Plus Seven.

Bears Armed is ranked 57,331^st in the world and 26^th in International Democratic Union for Most Developed, scoring 75.3 on the Human Development Index.