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The Free Bears of Bears Armed

“Do we WHAT in the woods?”

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The Free Bears of Bears Armed is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Chairbear of the High Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 32.41 billion Bears hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, 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 11,127 trillion golden thalers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 343,346 golden thalers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,148,493 per year while the poor average 76,299, a ratio of 15.1 to 1.

Seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, there's a mortuary next to every Urrsish restaurant, children are expected to carve their own toys, and Chairbear of the High Council's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. 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 1,598^th in the world and 1^st in International Democratic Union for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 8,963.35 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.

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