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The Republic of Bhaloland is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Yanas Kaori with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.557 billion Bhalolandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ruikarna. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bhalolandian economy, worth 516 trillion Jougans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 145,304 Jougans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Busy commuters no longer hear the cries of "I want some more!" on the nation's streets, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland, and armed security details escort librarians to their homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bhaloland's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Buddhism.

Bhaloland is ranked 301,349^th in the world and 183^rd in Declansburg for Most Primitive, scoring -309.62 on the Scary Big Number Scale.