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The Joyful Republic of Liberdon

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The Joyful Republic of Liberdon is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Supreme Overlord Squall Arctic with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, unlimited-speed roads, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.208 billion Liberdonians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rectus City. The average income tax rate is 15.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Liberdonian economy, worth 849 trillion ice cubes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 163,098 ice cubes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

It's considered providence that the political lexicon contains a syrup of company slogans, the debts of the father fall upon the son, burnt-out forty-foot-tall wicker men dot the countryside, and the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Rectus City Times is sold out. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Liberdon's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Capitalism.

Liberdon is ranked 17,170^th in the world and 153^rd in 10000 Islands for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 23,159.04 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.

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