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The Republic of Golshingo

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The Republic of Golshingo is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Thomas Renauld with a fair hand, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.03 billion Golshingoans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Lexingham. The average income tax rate is 42.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Golshingoan economy, worth 132 trillion Decarnas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,114 Decarnas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, cold medicines curiously become cheaper when government officials sneeze, short shrift is being given to applications for political asylum from illegal immigrants, and mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Golshingo's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Golshingo is ranked 25,738^th in the world and 12^th in North America for Safest, scoring 111.17 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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