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The Free Land of BEEG YOSHI is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 215 million YOSHERS enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Spirituality, with Social Policy and International Aid not funded at all. The average income tax rate is 7.6%.

The very strong BEEG YOSHIian economy, worth 9.47 trillion YOSHER COINS a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Soda Sales industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 44,028 YOSHER COINS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook, new government leaflets tell coeliac children to eat more crisps, the official BEEG YOSHIian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, and the nation's latest batch of politicians include internet comedians, an alleged serial killer, and a highly trained BEEG YOSHI. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. BEEG YOSHI's national animal is the BEEG YOSHI, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

BEEG YOSHI is ranked 35,130^th in the world and 125^th in Europe for Most Primitive, scoring 67.7 on the Scary Big Number Scale.