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The Commonwealth of Saint Norm

“Ego Scribum in Lingua Romanum Caninorum”

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The Commonwealth of Saint Norm is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prelate Lodovijk II with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 11.387 billion True Believers are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The minute, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Rejoicing. Income tax is unheard of.

The strong Faithful economy, worth 410 trillion Leaves a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 36,013 Leaves, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Renaissance frescos are being chiselled off public walls, the Faithful Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, and families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saint Norm's national animal is the Leafcutter Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ultra-Orthodox Empirical Syncretism.

Saint Norm is ranked 293,370^th in the world and 2^nd in Commonwealth of Saint Norm for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -42.3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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