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“Our Land We Love”

The Kingdom of Ang Philippines is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Jozefo Yamashita XLVI with an even hand, and remarkable for its suspicion of poets. Its hard-nosed population of 2.102 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, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Religion & Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Manila. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

The roads are virtually falling apart, religious classes are compulsory for all school students, the government is phasing in welfare programmes to tackle poverty, and large areas of Ang Philippines are not accessible by the public. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ang Philippines's national animal is the bald eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Roman Catholicism , and its currency is the cono bill.

Ang Philippines is ranked 12th in the region and 54,537th in the world for Most Godforsaken.