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The Holy Gold Blockchain of Bitcoin is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Hodl Moon with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, complete lack of prisons, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 10.507 billion Bitcoinians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Satoshi Heights. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Bitcoinian economy, worth 798 trillion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 75,959 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Bitcoinian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, and asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bitcoin's national animal is the unicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Moonism.

Bitcoin is ranked 131,364^th in the world and 3^rd in Satoshi for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 527.12 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.