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The Republic of Midnight Network is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.316 billion Midnight Networkians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 53.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Midnight Networkian economy, worth 23.1 trillion Caps 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Tourism. 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 17,542 Caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Midnight Network's national animal is the Sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Midnight Network is ranked 162,525^th in the world and 4^th in Fallout regions for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 353.28 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.