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The Democratic Republic of Hamhocks

“Stumbling towards a better way”

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The Democratic Republic of Hamhocks is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.275 billion Hamhockians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porkington. The average income tax rate is 81.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Hamhocksian economy, worth 513 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,425 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism, the government has begun selling heroin and ecstasy to help fund its projects, aspiring musicians couldn't give away their music if they tried, and small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hamhocks's national animal is the pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Hamhocks is ranked 245,210^th in the world and 3,322^nd in the Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 18,218.58 Standard Monetary Units.

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