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The Senatorial Republic of Proserpino is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Consul Gaius Aurelius with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and daily referendums. The compassionate, humorless population of 5.428 billion Proserpinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roma. The average income tax rate is 93.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Proserpinian economy, worth 795 trillion aureuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 146,477 aureuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Roma University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, and the silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of Proserpinian democracy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Proserpino's national animal is the Lupus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Proserpinism.

Proserpino is ranked 48,166^th in the world and 2,544^th in Lazarus for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 4,710.79 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.