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The Armed Republic of Violent Trees

“Don't bark up our trunk”

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The Armed Republic of Violent Trees is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Big Branch with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.773 billion Violent Forest are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Firm Pine Forest. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Violent Treesinian economy, worth 774 trillion Pinecones a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 205,266 Pinecones, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,045,607 per year while the poor average 22,240, a ratio of 47.0 to 1.

Competing private ambulances racing to be the first to traffic accidents are a major cause of road accidents, shipping canals are a bit like unimaginative cheese shops -- filled with debris, citizens have to identify all the polar bears in a blizzard photo in order to access their bank account, and the government is crossing the Rubicon in its levels of corruption. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Violent Trees's national animal is the squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Herbology.

Violent Trees is ranked 10,075^th in the world and 196^th in 10000 Islands for Smartest Citizens, with 91.96 quips per hour.

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