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The Technocratic Shogunate of Waterfall State is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Shogun William Adams II with an even hand, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, vat-grown people, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical population of 11.515 billion Waterfalleans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haneda Secundus. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Waterfallean economy, worth a remarkable 2,628 trillion ryous 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 significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 228,224 ryous, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Golden statues of cockatiels line the memorial avenues of the Funerary District, cops shout apologies with every swing of their baton, former bars are desperately trying to re-brand themselves as cafés, and protest songs are the nation's de facto anthems. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waterfall State's national animal is the cockatiel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Northern Temples.

Waterfall State is ranked 71,622^nd in the world and 690^th in the Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,930.42 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.