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The United States of Midlands

“Don't just do something - stand there”

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The United States of Midlands is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 35.939 billion Midlandsians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Midlandsian economy, worth an astonishing 24,573 trillion sand dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 683,748 sand dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens finish cleaning up after the annual National Treasure Hunt just in time for the next one, the army spends more time producing 'romantic videos' than actually training soldiers, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, and citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Midlands's national animal is the bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Midlands is ranked 23^rd in the world and 3^rd in Capitalist Paradise for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 2,631.14 on the Hayek Index.

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