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The Kingdom of Upplendi

“the free ones of the world reply to upplendi HAIL!”

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The Kingdom of Upplendi is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Hammarsköld with a fair hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.693 billion Upplendians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castillocoruna. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Upplendian economy, worth 284 trillion Krunoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 105,554 Krunoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parents dread their examinations more than their children, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Upplendi to be bombproof, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, and the Upplendian Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Upplendi's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Upplendi is ranked 133,509^th in the world and 14^th in Arctica for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,367.55 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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