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The Confederacy of Seleniums

“Libertas, Concilio, Locus Auctoria”

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The Confederacy of Seleniums is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by the Ruiri with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 28.388 billion Seleniumsians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals is effectively ruled by the Department of Spirituality, with Administration and Industry also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seleniums City. Income tax is unheard of.

The powerhouse Seleniumsian economy, worth a remarkable 5,517 trillion Dogmas a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 194,368 Dogmas, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,035,290 per year while the poor average 19,211, a ratio of 53.9 to 1.

The Ruiri will only ring up foreign leaders if they agree to reverse the charges, nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, the latest "must-have" uPhone is 1/4 mm thinner than last year's uPhone, and an internet search for the word "bland" produces pictures of the Ruiri. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Seleniums's national animal is the Cabybara, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Ahura Mazdi.

Seleniums is ranked 293,848^th in the world and 11,102^nd in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 2.97 law-abiding acts per hour.

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