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The Republic of Etruscini is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 200 million Etruscians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 6.5%.

The strong Etruscian economy, worth 13.8 trillion Candy Canes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,880 Candy Canes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out, citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee, manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, and the Etruscian delegation to the World Assembly is having a hard time convincing people that international law will "pay for itself somehow...". Crime is relatively low. Etruscini's national animal is the Reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Etruscini is ranked 252,666^th in the world and 1,338^th in Europe for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 744.03 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.