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The Workers-Ecological State of Psuke is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Revolutionary Committee with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, ban on automobiles, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, hard-working, humorless population of 10.883 billion Psukeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial Harbor. The average income tax rate is 6.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Psukean economy, worth a remarkable 1,718 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 157,866 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Psukeans any less frightened, foreign leaders with unpaid parking tickets are often refused entry, the world outside is only known of in folklore, and therapists can always squeeze in another house-call. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Psuke's national animal is the Sturgeon, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Psukean Orthodox Church.

Psuke is ranked 106,608^th in the world and 97^th in Forest for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 2,894.78 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.