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The Commonwealth of Samarantz is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Roger Morris with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 16.704 billion Samarantzians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corralis. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Samarantzian economy, worth a remarkable 1,370 trillion Allied Quens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 82,038 Allied Quens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Skateparks can be found in every city, the Samarantz Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and exiles see that the line where the sky meets the sea is just clouds and rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Samarantz's national animal is the Red-Lipped Batfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Samarantz is ranked 85,103^rd in the world and 5^th in Highspellia for Highest Average Incomes, with 82,038.6 Standard Monetary Units.