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The Kingdom of Ercolia

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The Kingdom of Ercolia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Theodore Belmont with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.82 billion Ercolians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ercopolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ercolian economy, worth a remarkable 1,010 trillion Florins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 173,679 Florins, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

People talk about their libido as if it were an STD, only toddlers and the elderly watch television before 23:00, widespread voter apathy has been credited to allegations that all candidates are puppets of Theodore Belmont, and government statistics suggest 115% of the population love Theodore Belmont. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ercolia's national animal is the Brown Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Ercolia is ranked 34,600^th in the world and 3^rd in The Confederation of Free States for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.17 law-abiding acts per hour.

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