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The Something of Virgolia

“Como un pez en el hielo”

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The Something of Virgolia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Dictator with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, fear of technology, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.713 billion Virgolians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order and Industry also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Virgolian economy, worth a remarkable 5,653 trillion Children a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 444,699 Children, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence, Virgolia isn't what it used to be, the might of the entire Virgolian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders, and Virgolia is increasingly belligerent on the international stage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Virgolia's national animal is the NS player, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Anger.

Virgolia is ranked 26,780^th in the world and 113^th in The East Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 42.55 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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