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The Theoretical Liberty of Willing Ignorance

“Freedom at any price.”

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The Theoretical Liberty of Willing Ignorance is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Anne Capp with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, ritual sacrifices, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.819 billion ignorant are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The minute, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spencerville. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient ignorant economy, worth a remarkable 5,350 trillion bonds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 494,583 bonds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,838,472 per year while the poor average 16,568, a ratio of 231 to 1.

Prisoners fit in their parole hearings around their spa treatments, creating dance remixes is the newest form of conspicuous consumption, SWAT teams raid bathrooms in search of bathtub gin, and people spend a lot on hair and nails. Crime is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Willing Ignorance's national animal is the koala, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Nepotism.

Willing Ignorance is ranked 21,134^th in the world and 265^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 166 trillion Standard Monetary Units.

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