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The Borderlands of V217a

“Noli Timere Messorem, Fear Me”

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The Borderlands of V217a is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by the Most Glorious Visionary with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 16.509 billion V217ovians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dublin. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient V217an economy, worth a remarkable 2,793 trillion Quid a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an impressive 169,226 Quid, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, the nation is relieved that all of the recent madness has finally come to an end, the "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the V217an Navy, and The Most Glorious Visionary is called 'Patches' at international summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. V217a's national animal is the Satsuma, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a collection of silly beliefs.

V217a is ranked 121,543^rd in the world and 5,037^th in Balder for Largest Black Market, with 282 billion Standard Monetary Units.

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