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The Republic of Visorax IV is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 12.811 billion citizens are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 19.8%.

The Visorax IV economy, worth 723 trillion dollars 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Gambling. 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 56,495 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, the Communist Party claims that selling things for profit isn't necessarily capitalism, and toddler groups have taken over local libraries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Visorax IV's national animal is the robot, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Visorax IV is ranked 226,430^th in the world and 4,379^th in The catholic military orders for Fattest Citizens, with 8.51 Obesity Rate.