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The Free Democracy of Ballotonia is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Ballo with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 15.674 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Defence and Law & Order receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tulipolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Book Publishing and Uranium Mining.

The police force is on a recruitment drive, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, and the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ballotonia's national animal is the penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Atheism, and its currency is the Lev.

Ballotonia is ranked 46th in the region and 51,423rd in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.