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The State of Desmonwood

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The State of Desmonwood is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 29.415 billion Desmonwoodians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 88.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Desmonwoodian economy, worth 710 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is 24,147 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A major religion has been named as Desmonwood's national religion, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and Desmonwood has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Desmonwood's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Desmonwood is ranked 174,243^rd in the world and 7^th in Federated States of Micronesia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 55.1 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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