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The Eternal Land of Loutsland

“Ignorance is the only sin.”

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The Eternal Land of Loutsland is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Arthur with an iron fist, and renowned for its teetotalling pirates, smutty television, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 10.9 billion Loutslanders are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crescent. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Loutslandian economy, worth a remarkable 3,479 trillion Golds a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Furniture Restoration, Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 319,194 Golds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,617,736 per year while the poor average 34,936, a ratio of 46.3 to 1.

Flipping a coin to make a decision leads to a referral to Gambling Addiction Services, the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, the entire entry for Loutsland in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless', and sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Loutsland's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Loutslandian Church.

Loutsland is ranked 270,858^th in the world and 5,667^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.86 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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