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The Armed Republic of Laakaadalivanis

“Suffering and money”

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The Armed Republic of Laakaadalivanis is a small, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 45 million Laakaadalivanisians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The thriving Laakaadalivanisian economy, worth 3.18 trillion pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 70,568 pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 239,645 per year while the poor average 15,330, a ratio of 15.6 to 1.

Harry Potter books are banned, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and birds and children's kites are regularly brought down by anti-aircraft fire. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Laakaadalivanis's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Laakaadalivanis is ranked 108,660^th in the world and 1,321^st in the Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,624.45 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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