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The Funky Dance Party of Minimark

“Nos Mos Imperare”

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The Funky Dance Party of Minimark is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Resident Ugaoth Kordoba with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, otherworldly petting zoo, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 11.38 billion Minimarkians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rondestag. The average income tax rate is 60.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Minimarkian economy, worth a remarkable 1,022 trillion Digital Pitstans 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 Retail, Information Technology, Book Publishing, 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 89,870 Digital Pitstans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, mandatory electronic currency is a boon for credit card companies and government surveillance, computers have been banned, and Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Minimark's national animal is the Koala, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Freedom of Religion.

Minimark is ranked 21,519^th in the world and 2^nd in Region Name for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 7,745.68 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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