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The Grand Duchy of Tamarind is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Duke Fontaine Marik with an even hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 6.592 billion Tamarindians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zanzibar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.

The very strong Tamarindian economy, worth 482 trillion eagles a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is 73,123 eagles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 216,843 per year while the poor average 19,354, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

Duke Fontaine Marik has just been declared ruler of Tamarind in an international press conference, Tamarind has designated Zanzibar as its capital city, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, and police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Tamarind's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Tamarind is ranked 103,208^th in the world and 1^st in Transylvania for Most Developed, scoring 60.71 on the Human Development Index.