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The Carefree United Kingdom of Vanela is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Queen Astrelia Novanska with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, ubiquitous missile silos, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.52 billion Vanelciany have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kelia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Vanelan economy, worth 193 trillion Lotces a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,357 Lotces, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

The tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, Queen Astrelia Novanska steals from the rich and gives to the needy, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, and fresh food is a thing of the past due to onerous testing standards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vanela's national animal is the Delphin Vanelsky, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Neoartanism.

Vanela is ranked 282,138^th in the world and 330^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Extreme, scoring 5.48 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.