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The Colony of Nystan is a huge, safe nation, notable for its burgeoning krona leopard population. The hard-nosed population of 969 million Nystanis 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 21.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Nystanian economy, worth 36.7 trillion pints a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,885 pints, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nystan's national animal is the krona leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nystan is ranked 103,562^nd in the world and 3^rd in Nywhere for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,757.48 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.