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The Social Republic of Grebanistan

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The Social Republic of Grebanistan is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Bonelàn Zainesky with an iron fist, and remarkable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.9 billion Grebanots are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grebanburg. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Grebanot economy, worth a remarkable 1,336 trillion Grebancoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 226,440 Grebancoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one gossips with Bonelàn Zainesky during diplomatic summits, many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, lavish state dinners in Grebanburg are the state's leading budgetary expenditure, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grebanistan's national animal is the Grebanist Boar, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Grebanistic Bhalidism.

Grebanistan is ranked 25,699^th in the world and 380^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 242.62 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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