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The Grand Confederacy of The Free Scandinavian Republics is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Haralda Älexander Erikson with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, daily referendums, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.665 billion Free Scandinavians 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 Industry, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fjordrik. The average income tax rate is 37.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Free Scandinavian economy, worth 261 trillion Norse Marks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,237 Norse Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Counselors diagnose their clients with motherboard complexes, AI nannies tell children who refuse to go to bed that "my logic is undeniable", parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, and calisthenics is a well-known tax-dodging technique. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Free Scandinavian Republics's national animal is the Brown bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Free Scandinavian Republics is ranked 30,186^th in the world and 75^th in UEPU for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,727.12 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.