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The Unknown Sovereign State of Country 197

“Unseen, unheard, unknown”

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The Unknown Sovereign State of Country 197 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Unidentified Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 18.912 billion Unidentified Citizens are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City 001. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Unknown economy, worth a remarkable 5,099 trillion Unknown Forms of Currency a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 269,648 Unknown Forms of Currency, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', "The Unidentified Leader got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, and the nation leads 10000 Islands in per capita stalking. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Country 197's national animal is the Unidentified Creature, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unknownism.

Country 197 is ranked 291,189^th in the world and 818^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -20.71 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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