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“Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea.”

The Permanently Prorogued Parliament of Kryozerkia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Magistrate Weasel with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 13.43 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kerzokoia. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Automobile Manufacturing.

Surveillance cameras are banned, children are raised bilingual from an early age, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and the government is avowedly atheist. Crime is well under control. Kryozerkia's national animal is the Waccoon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Khrysth.

Kryozerkia is ranked 21st in the region and 54,364th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.