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The Unpretentious Republic of Allenstan is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 12.092 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is effectively ruled by the Department of Social Welfare, with areas such as Defence and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wookieopolis. The average income tax rate is 66%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Allenstan's national animal is the tarsier, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Allenstan perun.

Allenstan is ranked 1st in the region and 35th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.