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The Grand Duchy of Vikstein

“Fīat jūstitia ruat cælum”

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The Grand Duchy of Vikstein is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Vir Vanstürm VII with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 5.688 billion Vikans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Virut. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Vikan economy, worth 620 trillion Vibrans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,013 Vibrans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vikstein's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Vikstein is ranked 26,950^th in the world and 75^th in The Kodiak Republic for Highest Food Quality, scoring 83.34 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

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