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The Federal Republic of Trelatche is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Robert Anderson with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 22.73 billion Trelatcheans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mediete. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Trelatchean economy, worth a remarkable 2,768 trillion Simoleons a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,796 Simoleons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is rumoured that President Robert Anderson uses a magic 8-ball to make policy decisions, new government leaflets tell coeliac children to eat more crisps, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, and the right school tie opens more doors than the right qualification. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Trelatche's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Trelatche is ranked 301,383^rd in the world and 4,897^th in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.72 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.