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“The Sun Is Shining”

The Confederacy of Nations Under The Sun is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate population of 5.041 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 81%, and even higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Soda Sales.

Citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, and newspapers may not print any negative stories about the government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nations Under The Sun's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Ray.

Nations Under The Sun is ranked 1st in the region and 40,951st in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.