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The Federated Giraffe State of Giraffeton

“Praise to all giraffes”

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The Federated Giraffe State of Giraffeton is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Professional Giraffe with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.428 billion Giraffetonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Giraffeton City. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Giraffetonian economy, worth 635 trillion Giraffereums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 117,149 Giraffereums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, the government defends a woman's right to choose, and there are no more heroes any more. Crime is totally unknown. Giraffeton's national animal is the Giraffe, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Giraffeton is ranked 285,429^th in the world and 105^th in The Giraffe Federation for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.54 kickbacks per hour.

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