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The Holy Black Santa of Varanius

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The Holy Black Santa of Varanius is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.909 billion Varanians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Environment, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zygotia. The average income tax rate is 80.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Varanian economy, worth 172 trillion Octopies a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,604 Octopies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids these days know how to throw a proper punch, heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-Octopie treacle machine, diminutive Varanian generals are feared for their aggressiveness, and there's never enough space in space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Varanius's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Varanius is ranked 8,292^nd in the world and 168^th in the West Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 5,176.16 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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