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The United Socialist States of MLSWOOD

“Unity, Discipline, Work”

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The United Socialist States of MLSWOOD is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Lady Mel with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, complete lack of prisons, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate population of 6.286 billion Melias are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MLSWOOD. The average income tax rate is 94.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Melian economy, worth 888 trillion Credits 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 141,373 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects, high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, anti-government web sites are springing up, and rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MLSWOOD's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Melianism.

MLSWOOD is ranked 6,262^nd in the world and 157^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 507.36 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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