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The Line of The Equatorial is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Pirate Jaywalker with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed population of 29.2 billion Equatorialians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Equaport. The average income tax rate is 31.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Equatorialian economy, worth 818 trillion Equads a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,016 Equads, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students cut up leftover Equads during Arts and Crafts, The Equatorial's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, and fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets. Crime is totally unknown. The Equatorial's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Centrism.

The Equatorial is ranked 207,591^st in the world and 2^nd in Weffle for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.