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The United Kingdom of Praenestia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Praenestis Lord Protector with an iron fist, and notable for its national health service, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 29.734 billion Praenestians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Theiapolis. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Praenestian economy, worth a remarkable 7,268 trillion Royalmarks a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 244,443 Royalmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Praenestis Lord Protector's throne, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, it's illegal to be caught on tape, and street cleaners are noticeably glum during jubilee celebrations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Praenestia's national animal is the Dire Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ultra Catholicism.

Praenestia is ranked 28,050^th in the world and 1,699^th in Lazarus for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 5,566.75 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.