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The Fiefdom of Puddle the Pig

“One Love: Food”

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The Fiefdom of Puddle the Pig is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.77 billion Puddle the Pigians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 62.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Puddle the Pigian economy, worth 74.9 trillion Loaves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 19,855 Loaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puddle the Pig's national animal is the Porcus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Puddle the Pig is ranked 143,502^nd in the world and 8^th in The Pangaean Union for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,580.43 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.

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