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“I don't want to be anything other than me”

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The Teens of One Tree Hill is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.811 billion One Tree Hillians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 59.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient One Tree Hillian economy, worth 408 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,950 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government denies any involvement in the release of the Hot Load computer virus, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags, and professional athletes juggle part-time jobs to avoid bankruptcy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. One Tree Hill's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

One Tree Hill is ranked 228,125^th in the world and 40^th in Playlist for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.48 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.