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“Pro Bonus Totus”

The Commonwealth of Progressive Union is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jude Connors with a fair hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.392 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 Education, although Social Welfare and Social Equality are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Government City. The average income tax rate is 100%. A small private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.

The government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, euthanasia is legal, the Owl is a protected species, and movies and computer games are strictly censored for violence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Progressive Union's national animal is the Owl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Mark.

Progressive Union is ranked 715th in the region and 6,518th in the world for Most Dedicated Public Healthcare.