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The Sarcasm King of Segentova

“Une République, Unie et Libre!”

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The Sarcasm King of Segentova is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Chief of State Pierre Delacroix with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 18.195 billion Segennais have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nouveau Toulon. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The enormous but inefficient Segen economy, worth a remarkable 1,489 trillion Segentovan Livres a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Tourism industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,842 Segentovan Livres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Awkward tourists are offered the 'unique experience' of rodeo clown, promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service, female brains are believed to heat up dangerously when 'overclocked', and all the playground's a stage for Segen schoolchildren. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Segentova's national animal is the Wild Segentovan Tarasque Lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Segentovan Civil Religion.

Segentova is ranked 290,389^th in the world and 198^th in The Western Isles for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -38.13 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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