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The Republic of Swidwin

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The Republic of Swidwin is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Piotr Feliński with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.761 billion Swidwinians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Świdwin. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Swidwinian economy, worth 91.5 trillion zloties 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 black market in Tourism, Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, 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 24,325 zloties, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pedants defending Piotr Feliński observe that psychopaths and sociopaths aren't exactly the same thing, Swidwin successfully hosted the the Rejected Realms Olympics, banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, and recognised healthcare professionals treat diabetes with a grain of sugar in a barrel of water. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Swidwin's national animal is the griffon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Swidwin is ranked 67,778^th in the world and 1,718^th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.42 law-abiding acts per hour.