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“Blut und den Tod durch Kriege!”

The Margravate of Paloni is a colossal, devout nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.207 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Religion & Spirituality and Defence are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 39%. A robust private sector is led by the Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

The government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, Rupert Bear is considered to be the most risqué TV programme in Paloni, the education system is famed for its taxing exams, and citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages. Crime is a problem. Paloni's national animal is the Red Horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Reichsmark.

Paloni is ranked 3rd in the region and 7,696th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.