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The Swiftly Tilting Land of Tsunamy is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by L Woods with a fair hand, and notable for its lack of airports, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 23.924 billion Tsunami hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vertigo City. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The thriving Tsunami economy, worth a remarkable 2,082 trillion verts a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 87,034 verts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, the 'Museum Of Stuff We Stole' is a tourist favourite, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tsunamy's national animal is the glittered hamster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tsunamy is ranked 82,177^th in the world and 3,197^th in the South Pacific for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 106,252.2 Standard Monetary Units.