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“Fiat Lux”

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The Democratic States of ECFS is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 350 million Fieldstoners hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.1%.

The very strong Cool economy, worth 22.7 trillion ID cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 64,743 ID cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Rotary phones are considered cutting-edge technology, government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, the government is spending millions on lawyers' fees trying to get Leader off a murder charge, and sometimes a single pallbearer is all you need. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. ECFS's national animal is the Eating Gardenblob, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

ECFS is ranked 106,751^st in the world and 1^st in Fieldston for Most Cultured, scoring 66 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.