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The United Republics of Boratstans is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Borjat Serkov with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 4.821 billion Borjatstanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Almaty. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Boratstansian economy, worth 278 trillion Soumids a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,688 Soumids, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel, advertisers are struggling to make water sound cool to a twitchy public, fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate, and garishly-decorated government buildings are being hailed as the height of 'religious nouveau'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Boratstans's national animal is the Borjatstanian Mountain Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Zher'dorox.

Boratstans is ranked 82,124^th in the world and 132^nd in Conch Kingdom for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 3,209.19 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.