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The Federated Bailiwicks of Verdant Haven

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The Federated Bailiwicks of Verdant Haven is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Iskandar Viridi with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.712 billion Havenians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haventia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Verdant Havenian economy, worth a remarkable 3,431 trillion Verdethalers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 269,923 Verdethalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Workers for the environmental protection agency are patted down for tartar sauce every morning, trains and passengers alike are often late, multiple births are a cause of celebration for tax collectors, and the nation's smallest Thylacineball teams trade draft picks for a free lunch. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Verdant Haven's national animal is the Thylacine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Verdant Haven is ranked 280,233^rd in the world and 260^th in Forest for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -12.31 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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