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The Republic of Margit 13

“Put these foolish ambitions to rest”

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The Republic of Margit 13 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 3.898 billion Margit 13ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 34.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Margit 13ian economy, worth 156 trillion runes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,025 runes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Public shaming has become the favoured form of punishment, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", and the government is a law unto itself. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Margit 13's national animal is the omen.

Margit 13 is ranked 149,389^th in the world and 5^th in Leyndell for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.05 law-abiding acts per hour.