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The Republic of Nippon Shotou Teikoku is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Prime Minister with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 40.55 billion Nippon Shotous enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. The average income tax rate is 71.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nippon Shotou Teikokuan economy, worth a remarkable 7,127 trillion yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 175,763 yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere, the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nippon Shotou Teikoku's national animal is the green pheasant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a major religion.

Nippon Shotou Teikoku is ranked 279,753^rd in the world and 11,094^th in Lazarus for Most Secular, with 10.32 Atheism Rate.