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The Golden Lands of Shardventoria is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by King Rush Montana with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, prohibition of alcohol, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 12.712 billion Shardventorians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liberty Port. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Shardventorian economy, worth a remarkable 4,861 trillion Shells a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 382,469 Shells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, the police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee, every school is receiving a brand new eraser, and no one is quite sure what many government officials look like. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shardventoria's national animal is the Golden Cheetah, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Golden Faithism.

Shardventoria is ranked 14,089^th in the world and 9^th in Talonia for Most Secular, with 85.53 Atheism Rate.