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The Band of Marillion

“On the outskirts of nowhere On the ring road to somewhe”

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The Band of Marillion is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by H with an even hand, and notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.505 billion Socts are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aylesbury. The average income tax rate is 62.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Jester economy, worth 690 trillion Free Scotlands a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 91,979 Free Scotlands, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, scientists are not permitted to ask questions, and newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marillion's national animal is the Fish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Misplaced Childhood.

Marillion is ranked 60,551^st in the world and 2^nd in Monarchist and Democratic Alliance for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 510.2 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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