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The Republic of Bitanie is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 7 million Bitanieans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 12.5%.

The strong Bitaniean economy, worth 395 billion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 56,508 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is relatively low. Bitanie's national animal is the tigre, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bitanie is ranked 142,397^th in the world and 177^th in The League for Most Developed, scoring 56.19 on the Human Development Index.