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The Kingdom of Valhardt

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The Kingdom of Valhardt is a large, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 109 million Valhardtians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 33.3%.

The Valhardtian economy, worth 6.57 trillion Valmarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 60,301 Valmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts", and political candidates recite daily pledges of loyalty to their chosen party. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Valhardt's national animal is the Black Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Valhardt is ranked 62,809^th in the world and 15^th in kingdom of Greater Esteriae for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,442.68 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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