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The République of Popaholick is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Jacqueline St-Miquelon with an even hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 28.064 billion Popaholickans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marseille. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Popaholickan economy, worth an astonishing 10,562 trillion Francs a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 376,364 Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons, and Jacqueline St-Miquelon can finally stop kneading the dough and start rolling in it instead. Crime is totally unknown. Popaholick's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Popaholick is ranked 253,279^th in the world and 1,145^th in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.45 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.