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The Imperium of Velon

“hardcore garbage pail kid posse”

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The Imperium of Velon is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by SQUEE with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 40.74 billion velonians 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 relatively small government is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with Healthcare, Public Transport, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of poopopolis. The average income tax rate is 6.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse velonian economy, worth a remarkable 9,648 trillion donut holes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 236,842 donut holes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, stony-faced ratings board panelists are unamused by free lap dances, a flying elephant and SQUEE share the same nickname, and nobody looks each other in the eye at neighborhood block parties any more. Crime is almost non-existent. Velon's national animal is the piggus chonkus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Velon is ranked 604^th in the world and 31^st in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 122.5 average smiles per day.

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