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The Most Serene Republic of North Southumberland

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The Most Serene Republic of North Southumberland is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Rulerman The Wise with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, sprawling nuclear power plants, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 25.412 billion North Southers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Southumberland City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient North Southish economy, worth a remarkable 6,772 trillion Floogles a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 266,508 Floogles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A passport is literally priceless, it is still not known if the commander in chief outranks the supreme commander, polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, and a recent political speech drew the ire of nerds everywhere after the speaker claimed that Darth Vader was Harry Potter's father. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Southumberland's national animal is the Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

North Southumberland is ranked 2,943^rd in the world and 63^rd in 10000 Islands for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 704.41 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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