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The Commonwealth of Westerland

“Westelande ealle”

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The Commonwealth of Westerland is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by High Reeve Frida Leighton with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.115 billion Westrians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haverstol. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Westrian economy, worth 216 trillion crowns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is 69,456 crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, social networking sites have discussion groups devoted to planning terrorist attacks, and asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Westerland's national animal is the wyvern, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Church of Westerland.

Westerland is ranked 241,388^th in the world and 42^nd in The Social Liberal Union for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 19,447.92 Standard Monetary Units.

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