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The Republic of Muravyets is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rose Celavy with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 9.952 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Healthcare and Social Equality are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 50%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Cheese Exports.

Religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined. Crime is totally unknown. Muravyets's national animal is the housecat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the fish.

Muravyets is ranked 436th in the region and 4,586th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.