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The Island Republic of Cosie

“Ubi bene, ibi patria”

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The Island Republic of Cosie is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Giulian with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, ban on automobiles, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 5.033 billion Cosians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reunion. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Cosian economy, worth 914 trillion cobs a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 181,790 cobs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 589,423 per year while the poor average 42,307, a ratio of 13.9 to 1.

Citizens often ask "what has information technology ever done for us?", clergy never mention brand names for fear of losing their government subsidies, calling out of the blue has become taboo, and Cosie is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Cosie's national animal is the iguana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Saint Benedict's Rule.

Cosie is ranked 115,032^nd in the world and 129^th in The Western Isles for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 31.79 on the Hayek Index.

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