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The People's Republic of Slightly Newer Samon

“Fish”

Category: Scandinavian Liberal Paradise
Civil Rights:
Superb
Economy:
Imploded
Political Freedoms:
Very Good

Location: The Region That Has No Big Banks

Regional Influence: Minnow

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The People's Republic of Slightly Newer Samon is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 453 million Slightly Newer Samonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Slightly Newer Samonian economy, worth 2.98 trillion pearls 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, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 6,570 pearls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand, the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, and the general public only knows their favorite politician's first name. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Slightly Newer Samon's national animal is the fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Slightly Newer Samon is ranked 128,303rd in the world and 112th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,048.59 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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