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The Principality of Distributiona is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 16 million Distributionans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.3%.

The thriving Distributionan economy, worth 997 billion Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 62,373 Pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 195,904 per year while the poor average 15,205, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.

The regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, Jennifer Government is banned, invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, and nobody is quite sure what goes into factory nutrient blocks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Distributiona's national animal is the Bull, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Distributiona is ranked 128,485^th in the world and 68^th in Portugal for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 553.37 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.