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“The head embassy of the Blouman Empire”

The Head Embassy of Blouman Empire is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.483 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Religion & Spirituality, and Social Equality. The average income tax rate is 18%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Pizza Delivery.

Inheritance tax has recently been abolished, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, smoking is banned in public areas, and postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation. Crime is a serious problem. Blouman Empire's national animal is the Yellow Headed Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Herzog.

Blouman Empire is ranked 1st in the region and 40,316th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.