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The Free Land of Gan Holf

“No step on snek”

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The Free Land of Gan Holf is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 8.606 billion Gan Holfians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals is solely concerned with Industry. Income tax is unheard of.

The very strong Gan Holfian economy, worth 755 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Information Technology. Average income is 87,800 dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 800,020 per year while the poor average 1,080, a ratio of 740 to 1.

The name of the "Butcher of Bigtopia" adorns shirts across Gan Holf, scholars are leaving the country at an alarming rate, souvenir shops that sell alphorns are taking advantage of gullible tourists, and one year's corporation tax from three international megacorporations has funded one dozen shiny black pencils for Leader's office. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Gan Holf's national animal is the snek, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gan Holf is ranked 293,547^th in the world and 11,074^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 3.52 law-abiding acts per hour.

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