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The Explosive Bolognaise of Princes Risborough and its Republics is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Big Meatball Man with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working population of 3.26 billion Risborians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Foccacciaville. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Risborian economy, worth 538 trillion Strings of Spaghetti a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 165,319 Strings of Spaghetti, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', legions of police officers force people to move into massive urban apartments, most people suffer from some form of hearing loss, and the number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially. Crime is almost non-existent. Princes Risborough and its Republics's national animal is the Hermann's Tortoise, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Princes Risborough and its Republics is ranked 253,603^rd in the world and 69^th in The Bar on the corner of every region for Most Extreme, scoring 10.01 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.