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“Glory to Steamstotzka and Arstotzka!”

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The Pacifican Vanguard of Steamstotzka is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by a with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, otherworldly petting zoo, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, devout population of 1.054 billion Steamstotzkans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taured. The average income tax rate is 45.1%.

The strong Steamstotzkan economy, worth 58.6 trillion Staliniums a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 55,556 Staliniums, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Unemployed school bus drivers photobomb virtual classroom meetings, people are always able to look each other in the eye, footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance, and a formerly quiet little town is now booming as both a cult centre and a tourist attraction. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Steamstotzka's national animal is the whale shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Islam.

Steamstotzka is ranked 209,659^th in the world and 2,190^th in the Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 30,500.69 Standard Monetary Units.