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The Colony of Sikol is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 10.009 billion Sikolians 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 enormous government prioritizes Healthcare, with Education, Environment, and Law & Order also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sikole. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Sikolian economy, worth 641 trillion acorns a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 64,098 acorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Snapgram channel "Embarrassing Baby Leader Pics" has made Leader's mom a celebrity, all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers, it is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, and photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Leader's bedroom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sikol's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sikol is ranked 25,731^st in the world and 809^th in The North Pacific for Safest, scoring 111.02 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.