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The Democratic Republic of Sconlod is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The democratic population of 1.133 billion Sconlodians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Defense, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 11.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Sconlodian economy, worth 54.5 trillion scons a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,113 scons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark, survivors of the Great Internet Flame War often recount horror stories of banhammers and DOS attacks, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Sconlod's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sconlod is ranked 237,356^th in the world and 148^th in Africa for Most Pacifist, with 31.16 cheeks turned per day.