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“2x All-Star, 2x MVP, 3x Silver Slugger as a Pirate”

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The Best Player not in the HOF of Roided Barry is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Barry Bonds with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles. The democratic population of 4.517 billion Baryons hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pittsburgh. The average income tax rate is 25.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Roided economy, worth 194 trillion marks a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,118 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Businesses are forced to bring all work back within the nation's borders, cars have been banned, Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Roided Barry's new capital, and the Federal Council of Roided Barry has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Roided Barry's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Roided Barry is ranked 185,146^th in the world and 5^th in Artificial Suspicious Powers for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 61.85 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.