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The Grounded Aircraft of Planes

“We are all planes”

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The Grounded Aircraft of Planes is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by D Havilliand with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.368 billion Planesians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bombardier-Boeing-Airbus city. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Planesian economy, worth 192 trillion engines a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,454 engines, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, shopkeepers use microscopes to verify the authenticity of banknotes, and the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Planes's national animal is the syrian hamster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Airplane Worship.

Planes is ranked 1,277^th in the world and 511^th in The North Pacific for Most Influential, scoring 73,396 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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