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The Red and Gold Republic of Llorens

“In rose and sun, we are one.”

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The Red and Gold Republic of Llorens is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Justine Vartu with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.512 billion Llorenians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zexaro. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Llorenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,142 trillion llorençs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 203,800 llorençs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The people elect the Supreme Court justices directly, jokes told in elementary school often come back to haunt politicians, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, and pedal-powered removal vans are a popular Maxxmas gift for the children of separated parents. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Llorens's national animal is the loquito, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Llorens is ranked 598^th in the world and 9^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 9,771.6 on the Societal Mobility Rating.

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