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The Republic of Castilloe is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Harv Core with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, otherworldly petting zoo, and public floggings. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.34 billion Castilloeans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anclona. The average income tax rate is 60.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Castilloean economy, worth 137 trillion Crowns a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 102,620 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Antique comic book collectors are disappointed to hear that their treasures are worth exactly as little as their mothers said they were, Fox is one of the most popular forenames in Castilloe, restaurants have noticed that hanging wet laundry from the ceiling makes diners order more food, and the nation's hospitals are criticized for caring more about profits than patients. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Castilloe's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Castilloe is ranked 7,591^st in the world and 178^th in the Rejected Realms for Safest, scoring 123.67 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.