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The Yay-novan State of Ienovo is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Suzy with an even hand, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, frequent executions, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 18.631 billion Ienovoans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ottawa. The average income tax rate is 55.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ienovoan economy, worth a remarkable 5,161 trillion Ienovan dollars 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. 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 277,040 Ienovan dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

No one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, most people attending churches are maintenance workers, animal control is going door-to-door releasing all pets back into the wild, and children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ienovo's national animal is the Fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianism.

Ienovo is ranked 16,009^th in the world and 1^st in Aura for Largest Governments, scoring 32.39 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.