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“Trees, Stones and Lobsters”

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The Free Land of Lobstone is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Sr Lagosta with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, complete lack of prisons, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.558 billion Lobstonians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lagostal. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Lobstonian economy, worth 217 trillion Paus a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,003 Paus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, a shocking number of estate planners are beneficiaries of their clients' wills, one does not simply walk into the tundra, and the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lobstone's national animal is the Lobster, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is The Lobster Cult.

Lobstone is ranked 73,863^rd in the world and 25^th in Portugal for Most Primitive, scoring 38.71 on the Scary Big Number Scale.