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“A Gentle Kingdom Ringed in Spears”

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The Federal Republic of Lolder is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by its Chancellor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic population of 25.175 billion Lolderians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corbenic. The average income tax rate is 78.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lolderian economy, worth a remarkable 3,451 trillion Loldollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 137,108 Loldollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Its Chancellor's new political program is often mockingly called 'Capitalism with a Bigtopian face', the question of 'what is Its Chancellor's favorite color?' has been given a priority rating of burnt-orange, wandering Lolderians are known for their one-track minds, and foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lolder's national animal is the Scorpion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Theory of Evolution.

Lolder is ranked 312,935^th in the world and 19^th in International Northwestern Union for Most Primitive, scoring -624.72 on the Scary Big Number Scale.