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The Free Land of Neon Grove is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 148 million Neon Groveans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 45.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Neon Grovean economy, worth 6.23 trillion Bones 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 42,083 Bones, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts", all industry is owned and run by the government, the nation is known as the cheapskates of the West Pacific, and foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neon Grove's national animal is the Jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Neon Grove is ranked 266,164^th in the world and 3,101^st in the West Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -5.48 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.