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The Republic of Fortisium is a huge, pleasant nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 402 million Fortisimen 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The strong Fortisiumian economy, worth 26.1 trillion Solors a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 64,806 Solors, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 207,726 per year while the poor average 15,337, a ratio of 13.5 to 1.

Streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, politicians are forced to vote with their party leaders, biological warfare is used to solve small disagreements, and surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Fortisium's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Fortisium is ranked 98,127^th in the world and 318^th in Europeia for Most Patriotic, with 16.71 flags saluted per person per day.