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The Protectorate of Temple of Pyrynn is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical, devout population of 2.53 billion Temple of Pyrynnians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Temple of Pyrynnian economy, worth 36.6 trillion rupees 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 Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 14,465 rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Temple of Pyrynnian nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, and military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Temple of Pyrynn's national animal is the Recumen, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Temple of Pyrynn is ranked 152,901^st in the world and 3^rd in Nasr for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 441.05 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.