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The Harmonious Commonwealth of Vitaela

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The Harmonious Commonwealth of Vitaela is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by President Micah Evander with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 6.887 billion Vitaelans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alma. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vitaelan economy, worth 821 trillion vyats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 119,330 vyats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, windows in Alma don't have much of a view, tuba players are paid to quietly whisper into their instruments, and scientists take credit every time it rains in Osiris. Crime is totally unknown. Vitaela's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Vitaela is ranked 224,255^th in the world and 8,486^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.41 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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World Assembly

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Has WA voting rights.

Endorsements Received: 7 » Federation of the Resentine Kingdom, Tethys 13, Saharan Sappho, Guhrayen, Smert Terram, Euclesia, and New land of Cats.