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The Endless Excitement of Bongo the Adorable is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Bongo with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 33.063 billion Humans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bongolola. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but stagnant Bongo the Adorablean economy, worth a remarkable 1,109 trillion treats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism. Average income is 33,571 treats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government statisticians explain census inaccuracies by declaring that "Sith happens", power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them, and Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bongo the Adorable's national animal is the havanese, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catch.

Bongo the Adorable is ranked 306,102^nd in the world and 12^th in Out Of Left Field for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -18.17 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.