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The Republic of Boxing Match Ref is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 32 million Boxing Match Refians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Education, with Healthcare and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The strong Boxing Match Refian economy, worth 1.65 trillion boxes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 51,492 boxes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 299,810 per year while the poor average 4,175, a ratio of 71.8 to 1.

Shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, voters are one of the nation's top imports, and senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Boxing Match Ref's national animal is the boxer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Boxing Match Ref is ranked 237,291^st in the world and 1^st in The Ring for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.