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The Scandinavian Kingdom of Icoland

“Lagom är bäst”

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The Scandinavian Kingdom of Icoland is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.65 billion Icolandians 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 prioritizes Education, although Industry, Environment, and Healthcare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Östreinsburg. The average income tax rate is 95.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Icolandian economy, worth 801 trillion Icoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,786 Icoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', and jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Icoland's national animal is the Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Icoland is ranked 11,634^th in the world and 206^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 377.52 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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