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The People's Kingdom of Free Laos

“The people and the king”

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The People's Kingdom of Free Laos is a massive, safe nation, ruled by D Souphanouvong with an even hand, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, prohibition of alcohol, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, devout population of 3.06 billion Laotians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government prioritizes Administration, although Education, Law & Order, and Spirituality are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Red Vientiane. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming fully Lao economy, worth 283 trillion Lao kips a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 92,577 Lao kips, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced, the tallest mountains are adorned with roller coasters, and much of Free Laos's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Free Laos's national animal is the Indian elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Theravada Buddhism.

Free Laos is ranked 34,371^st in the world and 374^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,205.1 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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