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“We are the Junimos, keepers of the forest.”

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The Friendly Nature Spirits of Junimos is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.8 billion Junimos are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.0%.

The thriving Junimo economy, worth 514 trillion seeds 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Gambling, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 66,003 seeds, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 383,970 per year while the poor average 5,363, a ratio of 71.6 to 1.

Imitation is the sincerest form of felony, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, and the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Junimos's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Junimos is ranked 166,396^th in the world and 1^st in The Junimo Hut for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,116.55 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.