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The Empire of Yelman

“If God is with us, who is against us?”

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The Empire of Yelman is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, triple-decker prams, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, devout population of 130 million Yelmenians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 26.4%.

The Yelmenian economy, worth 6.41 trillion Yelmenian kopeykis a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,291 Yelmenian kopeykis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Flipping a coin to make a decision leads to a referral to Gambling Addiction Services, the standard prescription for infertility-causing conditions is "go have a baby", a government program is underway to revitalize Yelman's beaches, and government employees have reverted to carrier pigeon due to never-ending virus scans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yelman's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yelman is ranked 98,335^th in the world and 1,660^th in The East Pacific for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 3,254.19 on the Hickory Productivity Index.

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