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The Grand Duchy of Texel and Vlieland is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 293 million Texelaars enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 29.0%.

The very strong Texelaar economy, worth 16.9 trillion Guilders a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,839 Guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Texel and Vlieland's national animal is the Boar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Texel and Vlieland is ranked 254,225^th in the world and 925^th in Europeia for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -3.16 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.