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The Bannorn of Pinard

“Pinard va moriot!”

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The Bannorn of Pinard is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Bann Serris vos Brosca with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, devout population of 9.13 billion Pinardians 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 Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roose. The average income tax rate is 26.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Pinardian economy, worth 485 trillion kamas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,193 kamas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Chekhov's guns are killing the entertainment budget, bins outnumber trees in city parks, pro-life activists often lecture pregnant women undergoing routine prenatal screening, and large-girthed charity workers assign themselves healthy wages for their work with starving children. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pinard's national animal is the rooster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Vezkelios.

Pinard is ranked 171,581^st in the world and 13^th in France for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 218.2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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