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The Commonwealth of Toala is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, compulsory military service, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate population of 10.727 billion Toalans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hummingfield. The average income tax rate is 44.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Toalan economy, worth 637 trillion Bits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 59,386 Bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Video game protagonists bear striking resemblances to major political figures, pawn shop reality shows dominate basic cable, the number of students attending university has reached a record high, and travel bureaus double as recruiting centers for national intelligence agencies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Toala's national animal is the Clownfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Toala is ranked 164,952^nd in the world and 2,532^nd in The East Pacific for Most Authoritarian, with 640.18 milliStalins.