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The Merchant Republic of Environmental Support

“From the shoreline to the stars.”

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The Merchant Republic of Environmental Support is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, democratic population of 12.734 billion Environmentalists hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal government is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, although Environment and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alcove Harbour. The average income tax rate is 1.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Environmentalist economy, worth a remarkable 2,399 trillion Drachmas a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 188,442 Drachmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Motorway service stations often have a higher population than the hinterland villages that the roads lead to, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Environmental Support's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Environmental Support is ranked 240,818^th in the world and 23^rd in Free Market Federation for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -20.1 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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