Haraneiya

The Free Land of Haraneiya is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, cynical population of 6 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Social Welfare, although Healthcare and Education are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales.

Elections have been outlawed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Haraneiya's national animal is the griffon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the tetten.

Haraneiya is ranked 34,247th in the world for Most Beautiful Environments.