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The Commonwealth of Gaeslan 618

“A puppet of Diljan Rikardsson”

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The Commonwealth of Gaeslan 618 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 13.381 billion Gaeslan 618ians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 64.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Gaeslan 618ian economy, worth 122 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Cheese Exports, Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,165 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gaeslan 618's national animal is the gyrfalcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Gaeslan 618 is ranked 230,490^th in the world and 1^st in Red Harbor for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -5.66 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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