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The Old Hand of Bonnie Blue Republic is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by James LaRouge with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 16.999 billion Bonnie Blues are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gemstone Island. The average income tax rate is 92.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bonnie Blue Republician economy, worth a remarkable 3,558 trillion Gemstone Pounds 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 an amazing 209,361 Gemstone Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, and the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bonnie Blue Republic's national animal is the copperhead, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Conmunism.

Bonnie Blue Republic is ranked 2,235^th in the world and 3^rd in Lands End for Largest Black Market, with 3,445 trillion Standard Monetary Units.