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The Republic of Vindar is a huge, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 411 million Vindarians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Vindarian economy, worth 10.1 trillion Vindarian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 24,625 Vindarian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-Vindarian Dollar treacle machine, Vindar is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vindar's national animal is the Spotted Hyena, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vindar is ranked 158,658^th in the world and 163^rd in Thaecia for Most Patriotic, with 12.24 flags saluted per person per day.