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The Principality of Gallus is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 246 million Gallusards enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 55.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Gallusian economy, worth 16.0 trillion Marks a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,992 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School lockers are filled with fancy underwear, tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, and the nation's Medal of Honour can be found as a free toy in breakfast cereal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Gallus's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gallus is ranked 306,055^th in the world and 105^th in Ridgefield for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.