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The Republic of Dan Rather is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, devout population of 1.586 billion Dan Ratherians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.4%.

The strong Dan Ratherian economy, worth 97.5 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,495 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain, and bike rage is all the rage. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dan Rather's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Dan Rather is ranked 263,185^th in the world and 426^th in junk for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.65 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.