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The Federal Republic of Medinal is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Hao Anon with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.298 billion Medinalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Medis. The average income tax rate is 58.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Medinalian economy, worth 31.7 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 24,432 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's ambassadors often conduct their business in jail cells, Hao Anon has just been declared ruler of Medinal in an international press conference, invasive species are hunted by the gendarmerie, and the government is proud to report that ten percent of all tax revenue goes to funding suspected terrorist organizations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Medinal's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Medinal is ranked 91,006^th in the world and 3^rd in Project for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,037.58 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.