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The Incorporated Vastness of Vastgate

“It's so vast, this gate”

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The Incorporated Vastness of Vastgate is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Lady Banananana with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 5.875 billion Vastgateans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porta Magna. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.0%.

The Vastgatean economy, worth 336 trillion bananas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Trout Farming, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,323 bananas, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Legislators toe the party line lest the Sergeant-at-Arms decide to conduct "truncheon practice" on the backbench, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, and genetic research is temporarily tied up in government red tape. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vastgate's national animal is the alpaca, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Zuul worship.

Vastgate is ranked 238,583^rd in the world and 11^th in Seven To Many for Nicest Citizens, with 2.76 average smiles per day.

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