Dingzanwa

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The Republic of Dingzanwa is a very large, devout nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate population of 175 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 79%, and even higher for the wealthy. A nonexistent private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Mobile phone masts are being erected all over the country, government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, long arduous trials are held for the most trivial of offences, and there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dingzanwa's national animal is the Ram, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Louis.