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The Democratic Republic of Sabamba is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 207 million Sabambans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Sabamban economy, worth 6.37 trillion sabamba kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 30,786 sabamba kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Singles on the dating scene no longer worry about looking their age, the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice, no-one bats an eye when 'really good platonic friends' of the same sex hold hands in Sabamba, and parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sabamba's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sabamba is ranked 167,408^th in the world and 93^rd in Declansburg for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 1,430.84 on the Hickory Productivity Index.