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The United Socialist States of Span

“We Own Y'all!”

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The United Socialist States of Span is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by M Shobacus Maz with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 42.049 billion Spanners hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maz. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Spanner economy, worth an astonishing 12,423 trillion spannies a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 295,456 spannies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is flooded with compensation requests, the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands, surveillance cameras are banned, and doctors prescribe videos of political debates to patients with insomnia. Crime is totally unknown. Span's national animal is the donkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Span is ranked 33,051^st in the world and 1,717^th in The North Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 69.36 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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