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The Democratic Republic of Sudlandia

“Long live the working class!”

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The Democratic Republic of Sudlandia is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 73 million Sudlandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 56.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Sudlandian economy, worth 2.71 trillion Sudlandian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 37,188 Sudlandian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The weather in Sudlandia City is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings', flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, and you can call your arthritic immigrant neighbour for all your roof-tiling and guttering needs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sudlandia's national animal is the Northern Sudlandian Badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sudlandia is ranked 244,493^rd in the world and 4^th in The Cortexist International for Most Primitive, scoring -106.31 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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