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The Federal Republic of Patterthippe is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Another Random Leader with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.025 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 Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thatterpippe. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Patterthippean economy, worth a remarkable 2,313 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 Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 144,386 monies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, freedom is never freely given — only when the alternative is too expensive, the horniness of the great-horned Pembroke Welsh Corgi is considered a national priority, and 'Totally Not Partisan News' is a line item on the government budget. 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 243,300^th in the world and 664^th in Horizon for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.65 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.