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The Lycanthropic Monarch of Ysengrim

“Nescio promissis credere, credo datis.”

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The Lycanthropic Monarch of Ysengrim is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ysengrim du Gévaudan with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 2.084 billion Ysengrimers 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nivard. The average income tax rate is 74.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Ysengrimish economy, worth 108 trillion livres a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,179 livres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, Ysengrim du Gévaudan's office is running a trade deficit of midnight oil, nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, and 3D printed organs are a breath of new life for the sick and elderly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ysengrim's national animal is the loup-garou, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Cult of Reason.

Ysengrim is ranked 215,012^th in the world and 561^st in Carcassonne for Most Patriotic, with 5.07 flags saluted per person per day.

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