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The Republic of Wall of Cake 296 is a large, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 158 million Wall of Cake 296ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 40.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Wall of Cake 296ian economy, worth 1.40 trillion walls 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 black market in Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, Gambling, and Tourism. 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 8,839 walls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wall of Cake 296's national animal is the cake.

Wall of Cake 296 is ranked 136,028^th in the world and 1^st in Ice for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 740.51 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.