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The Unpretentious Republic of Allenstan is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 11.528 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt 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 76%, 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.

Anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, religion is strictly forbidden within school grounds, and cheese has become the new icon of political dissent. 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 36th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens.