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The State of Gilford

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The State of Gilford is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of public education, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 25.047 billion Gilfordians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.4%.

The very strong Gilfordian economy, worth 819 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. Average income is 32,712 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 222,405 per year while the poor average 1,757, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, military funding has been stripped back, Gilford has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Gilford in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Gilford's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gilford is ranked 115,273^rd in the world and 6^th in Lisbon for Most Primitive, scoring -30.82 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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