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“Get along with others or get out!”

The Free Land of Laughterandsunshine is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 9.599 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Social Welfare, although Law & Order and Defence are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 82%. A large private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

An enormous health awareness programme is underway, expensive lawyers are hired to defend citizens in court for public urination charges against their pets, Laughterandsunshine is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Laughterandsunshine's national animal is the German Shepherd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Dough.

Laughterandsunshine is ranked 54th in the region and 11,723rd in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.