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“Een land is geen land zonder democratie”

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The Democratic Republic of Eburia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jos Van Eyck with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.116 billion Eburians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Keidir. The average income tax rate is 80.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Eburian economy, worth 82.2 trillion Euros a year, is highly specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,623 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians have to be granted day-release from prison to speak on bills, street crime is on the rise as police officers spend most of their time in prisons, white strait-jackets are the new orange jumpsuits, and international tensions are high as Eburia threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eburia's national animal is the Hond, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christendom.

Eburia is ranked 125,832^nd in the world and 2,691^st in the Rejected Realms for Most Authoritarian, with 823.37 milliStalins.