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The Principality of The Simple Minds is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jim Kerr with an even hand, and notable for its burgeoning raven population. The hard-nosed population of 24.452 billion Simple Minds 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 Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Belfast. The average income tax rate is 30.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Simple Mindsian economy, worth 575 trillion Euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,544 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lutheranism has been named as The Simple Minds's national religion, The Simple Minds has designated Belfast as its capital city, and Jim Kerr has just been declared ruler of The Simple Minds in an international press conference. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Simple Minds's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

The Simple Minds is ranked 232,327^th in the world and 2^nd in ecco for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 37.95 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.