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The Independent Kingdom of Sudoeste is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Cristina I with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 6.172 billion sudoestians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Toulouse. The average income tax rate is 77.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient sudoestian economy, worth 541 trillion Escudoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,725 Escudoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty, Cristina I's webseries about the alleged hauntings of Toulouse generates millions of views, a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, and one does not simply walk into the tundra. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sudoeste's national animal is the Elefante, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Calvinism.

Sudoeste is ranked 250,763^rd in the world and 168^th in Africa for Most Secular, with 13.26 Atheism Rate.