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The Cheftocratic Empire of Borkistan

“One nation, wearing funny hats”

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The Cheftocratic Empire of Borkistan is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Vizier Sven Borkus with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 42.63 billion Borkistanis are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal government is primarily concerned with Education, although Healthcare, Social Policy, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Svenopolis. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Borkistani economy, worth an astonishing 12,511 trillion Yurdi Gurdi Kroners a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 293,495 Yurdi Gurdi Kroners, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Two inland cities have unveiled their new desalination plants, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, a sudden shout of "surprise!" does not herald a party for teachers, and new homeowners go furniture hunting with crowbars. Crime is totally unknown. Borkistan's national animal is the Boneless Chicken, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Swedish Chefism.

Borkistan is ranked 497^th in the world and 1^st in Axis of Absurdity for Smartest Citizens, with 289.03 quips per hour.

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