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The Kingdom of Barale

“Senhor do Sol, poderoso da Arábia até a Provença.”

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The Kingdom of Barale is a massive, genial nation, notable for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.285 billion Baraleans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 66.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Baralean economy, worth 162 trillion Almeidas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,831 Almeidas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, and children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barale's national animal is the Raposa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Barale is ranked 21,098^th in the world and 33^rd in Concord for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 271.93 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.

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