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The Federal Republic of Libesia

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The Federal Republic of Libesia is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its closed borders, keen interest in outer space, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 828 million Libesians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gbadokwa. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.7%.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Libesian economy, worth 22.1 trillion hyperinflated dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,680 hyperinflated dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 82,129 per year while the poor average 6,695, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Environmental protestors are being rounded up and taken away in sinister black vans as a massive land development campaign gets underway, naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, claims adjusters are uselessly vague, and stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence. Crime is a serious problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Libesia's national animal is the crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Libesia is ranked 58,403^rd in the world and 29^th in Africa for Most Extreme, scoring 29.74 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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