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The Gummy Candy of Sour Patch Kid is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Sebastian the Great with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.379 billion Sour Patch Kids love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sour Patch HQ. The average income tax rate is 41.1%.

The Sour Patch Kid economy, worth 57.6 trillion Sour Coins a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,756 Sour Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Candyism has been named as Sour Patch Kid's national religion, billions of Sour Coins are being poured into a space program, school football matches are usually five-a-side, and tantrum-throwing toddlers are regularly imprisoned on assault charges. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sour Patch Kid's national animal is the Gummy Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Candyism.

Sour Patch Kid is ranked 169,371^st in the world and 2,839^th in The North Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 22,667.03 Standard Monetary Units.