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The Democratic Republic of Enou is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Will Johnson with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 12.386 billion Enouans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rosrce. The average income tax rate is 91.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Enouan economy, worth a remarkable 1,985 trillion books a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 160,294 books, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blueriver mercenaries routinely do the army's dirty work, Enou's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, and most pop videos prominently feature the Enouan flag. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Enou's national animal is the emu, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Johnsonism.

Enou is ranked 191,378^th in the world and 3,077^th in The East Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 711.73 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.