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The Socialist Paradise of Spruce

“An Injury to One Is an Injury to All”

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The Socialist Paradise of Spruce is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Thomas O'Leary with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.793 billion Spruceans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hivetown. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sprucean economy, worth 258 trillion hearts 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 143,923 hearts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, anti-government web sites are springing up, youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights, and the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spruce's national animal is the honey bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Spruce is ranked 25,357^th in the world and 175^th in Europe for Most Patriotic, with 42.13 flags saluted per person per day.

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