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The Republic of Izern 33

“We Will Endure”

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The Republic of Izern 33 is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 968 million Izern 33ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 55.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Izern 33ian economy, worth 48.3 trillion pounds 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 Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. 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 49,933 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Talking during class is a gateway to lifelong drug addiction, newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words', prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, and the sick and dying are locked in their homes with a red "X" painted on the front door. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 33's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izern 33 is ranked 76,829^th in the world and 30^th in New Izern Farm Thingymabob for Most Patriotic, with 23.83 flags saluted per person per day.

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