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The United Provinces of Iceria

“Numquam MINORIS AESTIMO anguis angulus”

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The United Provinces of Iceria is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Tobias McKinley II with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.655 billion Icerians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of McKinley DH. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Icerian economy, worth a remarkable 1,315 trillion Chubas a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,448 Chubas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most households' childcare costs are higher than their mortgage payments, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, and only lightning has a chance of striking Tobias McKinley II twice. Crime is totally unknown. Iceria's national animal is the Icerian Taipan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Iceria is ranked 12,659^th in the world and 560^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 361.09 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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