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The Hive Mind of Testlandia

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The Hive Mind of Testlandia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Violet with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 45.06 billion Testlandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tést City. The average income tax rate is 87.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Testlandian economy, worth a remarkable 3,030 trillion Kro-bro-ünzes a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. Average income is 67,248 Kro-bro-ünzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political detractors refer to Violet as 'that Bigtopian puppet', dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', Violet's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, and Testlandians struggle to cut tofu steak with a spoon. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Testlandia's national animal is the ★★★ nautilus ★★★, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Neo-Violetism.

Testlandia is ranked 137,220^th in the world and 24^th in Testregionia for Most Corrupt Governments, with 4.69 kickbacks per hour.

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