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The State of Burnelli

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The State of Burnelli is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 12.138 billion Burnellians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The minute, moralistic government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The thriving Burnellian economy, worth 295 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is highly specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Average income is 24,359 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary and Burnelli has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Burnelli's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Burnelli is ranked 259,788^th in the world and 4^th in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte for Lowest Crime Rates, with 46.39 law-abiding acts per hour.