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The Republic of Wingstone

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The Republic of Wingstone is a tiny, efficient nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 18 million Wingstoneans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.1%.

The thriving Wingstonean economy, worth 1.55 trillion Bolts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 86,177 Bolts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 285,612 per year while the poor average 19,416, a ratio of 14.7 to 1.

Protests are illegal, all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wingstone's national animal is the Boeing 747, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wingstone is ranked 72,738^th in the world and 931^st in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 132.29 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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Endorsements Received: 40 » Differences-In-Differences, Aidenfieeld, Bohenia, Nethervale, Terminus Solus, Land Without Shrimp, Nueva Alta California, Peoples Guerilla Armed Coalition, Hong Kong Kowloon and New Territories, My peoples, The Republic of Konsa, Snahaba, Fortis Virtute, Libertas Minor, ANuadh, Great Scapula, Pencil Sharpeners 2, Eritria, Grace Wellesley Thayer, The Ribosome Coast, Arscanesia, Titanaria, Eastern Doncaster, America Gone Wrong, Bloohete, Tsuskia, CyberEgypt, Evinea, Ballaria, Holy Free, United States of Vietnam, West Khazana Finsstan, KaizrState, Yurannia, Parenthos, Valemora, Erstavik, Owion, Tanyaland, and Creberg.