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The Democratic Republic of Valadin is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 4.579 billion Valadinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carna. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Valadinian economy, worth 526 trillion vals 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 Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 115,010 vals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The amount welfare recipients spend on fertilizer has exploded, white strait-jackets are the new orange jumpsuits, cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, and most ambassadors from Valadin retire only a few years after being appointed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valadin's national animal is the Reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Valadin is ranked 312,959^th in the world and 13,048^th in Lazarus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -17 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.