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The Republic of Splatterina is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 3.117 billion Splatterinans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 28.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Splatterinan economy, worth 254 trillion dollars 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 81,766 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild, the silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of Splatterinan democracy, and the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Splatterina City. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Splatterina's national animal is the porpoise, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Splatterina is ranked 75,363^rd in the world and 1^st in Southricanis Union for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.