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The People's Republic of Zapatal

“Strength in Unity”

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The People's Republic of Zapatal is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 23 million Zapatalis love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 70.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Zapatalian economy, worth 1.06 trillion Veris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 46,202 Veris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

This year's televised Budget Forecast has been cancelled because there was already one last year, blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, the nation's war memorials are being torn down and replaced with peace gardens, and debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zapatal's national animal is the Swordfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Zapatal is ranked 154,301^st in the world and 431^st in The Leftist Assembly for Most Developed, scoring 55.25 on the Human Development Index.

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