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“Un peuple, un but, une foi”

The Proud Diverse States of N3wgr0unds is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Napoleon Robespierre with an even hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 1.445 billion are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flash Por Tal. The average income tax rate is 93%. A robust private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Arms Manufacturing.

The government is seen to favor Catholics, the nation's massive battleships are often mistaken for islands, punitive tariffs protect local industry, and Napoleon Robespierre has just been declared ruler of N3wgr0unds in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. N3wgr0unds's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Score.

N3wgr0unds is ranked 14th in the region and 37,821st in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.