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The Colony of Karietown

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The Colony of Karietown is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by President James T Green with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.785 billion Karietownians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karietown. The average income tax rate is 94.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Karietownian economy, worth a remarkable 1,249 trillion guilders 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 184,177 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, people are offered free trials to go to trial, and rumor has it that President James T Green has won three lotteries in a row. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Karietown's national animal is the leopard, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Karietown is ranked 3,677^th in the world and 93^rd in The East Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 96.5 on the Human Development Index.

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