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The Federal Republic of Slonful is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 14.836 billion Slonfulians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 77.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Slonfulian economy, worth a remarkable 1,476 trillion dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,554 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The comic book series 'Leader and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, and elections are won by the candidate who makes the best 'yo mama' jokes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Slonful's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Slonful is ranked 302,047^th in the world and 4,847^th in The East Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -8.49 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.