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“Without Stalin's politics, we would all have died”

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The Soviet republic of Islands of unity is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by henry farkman with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, vat-grown people, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.792 billion Islanders 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of central island. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The all-consuming unityian economy, worth a remarkable 2,077 trillion Ycnerrucs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 140,459 Ycnerrucs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp, first-time moms are expected to be experienced parents from day one, the GPS-tracked jogging routes of military personnel are a possible security risk, and home renovation projects take decades to complete. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Islands of unity's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Islands of unity is ranked 115,975^th in the world and 146^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 10,324.11 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.