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The Kingdom of Defender Andreas

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The Kingdom of Defender Andreas is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, parental licensing program, and daily referendums. The cynical population of 4.389 billion Defender Andreasians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 49.7%.

The all-consuming Defender Andreasian economy, worth 465 trillion Apexias a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 105,997 Apexias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

The family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools, legislators toe the party line lest the Sergeant-at-Arms decide to conduct "truncheon practice" on the backbench, and the 'sing-a-long with Leader' album is a popular souvenir. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Defender Andreas's national animal is the Mythic, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Defender Andreas is ranked 28,991^st in the world and 36^th in The Apexialan Commonwealth for Safest, scoring 109.66 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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