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The Grand Duchy of Epinedor

“Vive le doux, et vive l’Epinedor”

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The Grand Duchy of Epinedor is a mid-sized, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 89 million Epinedorians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 22.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Epinedorian economy, worth 4.95 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,565 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Supervisors in Epinedor commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence, punitive tariffs protect local industry, those who cut young children are told to cut it out, and mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Epinedor's national animal is the red squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Epinedor is ranked 159,148^th in the world and 867^th in Europeia for Most Developed, scoring 54.89 on the Human Development Index.

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Endorsements Received: 5 » UPC, PhDre, Primorye Oblast, Sincluda, and The Congolese Gabon.