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The Sisyphustic Republic of French Name 0

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The Sisyphustic Republic of French Name 0 is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Ouvette Alberte with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, daily referendums, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.71 billion Name 0ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Louvia. The average income tax rate is 20.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Name 0ian economy, worth 179 trillion Pebbles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,080 Pebbles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The housing market has collapsed like an overbaked Brancalandian souffle, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, an epidemic of unpopped kernels causes movie goers to gnash their teeth, and people are arrested for looking too sternly at whales. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. French Name 0's national animal is the Aardvark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

French Name 0 is ranked 212,878^th in the world and 10^th in Name 0 for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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