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The Pellonese Colony of Patterthippe

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The Pellonese Colony of Patterthippe is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Another Random Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, democratic population of 12.547 billion Patterthippeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thatterpippe. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Patterthippean economy, worth a remarkable 1,712 trillion monies 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 136,479 monies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, and search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Patterthippe's national animal is the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Thippeanism.

Patterthippe is ranked 5,936^th in the world and 7^th in Artificial Solar System for Nicest Citizens, with 42.67 average smiles per day.

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