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The Urbänian Unitary Republic of XXURBANXX is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Martïn Perescu-Dupont IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, parental licensing program, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 14.712 billion Urbänie are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Acenoa. The average income tax rate is 84.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Urbäni economy, worth a remarkable 1,967 trillion Urbäni Leis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 133,765 Urbäni Leis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The world still seems flat to some people in space, baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward, spiritual tourists meditate in the ruins of Urbäni cathedrals, and there's a bright dawn ahead for XXURBANXX. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. XXURBANXX's national animal is the Tàvean Swift, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

XXURBANXX is ranked 268,961^st in the world and 5^th in Auremont for Most Conservative, scoring 32.83 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.