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The Grand Kingdom of Cosweland

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The Grand Kingdom of Cosweland is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Joseph III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, pith helmet sales, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.024 billion Coswels are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Viklesville. The average income tax rate is 62.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Coswel economy, worth 469 trillion Pecunias a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,427 Pecunias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, and death row inmates cower in fear at the phrase "one-year anniversary". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cosweland's national animal is the Anatolian Shepherd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Cosweland is ranked 21,821^st in the world and 2^nd in The Monarchist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.27 law-abiding acts per hour.

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