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The People's Republic of Shereshevo

“Хто блукае, той не згубіўся”

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The People's Republic of Shereshevo is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Mikhail Shereshevsky with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, smutty television, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed population of 1.417 billion Shereshevoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shereshevo. The average income tax rate is 27.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Shereshevoan economy, worth 59.6 trillion Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 42,033 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, the nation's government buildings are remarkable for being ugly concrete boxes, election debates consists mostly of two grey suits arguing over how to best preserve the status quo, and the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shereshevo's national animal is the Bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shereshevo is ranked 239,305^th in the world and 1^st in Belarus the Republic of for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 117.67 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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