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The Empire of Incomprehensible Wonder

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The Empire of Incomprehensible Wonder is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its parental licensing program, state-planned economy, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate population of 2.989 billion Incomprehensible Wonderians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 26.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Incomprehensible Wonderian economy, worth 168 trillion Hypercubes 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 56,348 Hypercubes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

200 mph car chases are a frequent sight on the otherwise empty motorways, murder rates are on the rise as the popularity of soylent products grows, nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, and the masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Incomprehensible Wonder's national animal is the Inquantifiable Quantum Lifeform, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Incomprehensible Wonder is ranked 92,360^th in the world and 2,933^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.

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