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“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

The Kingdom of Alexiandra is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate population of 206 million 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 juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66%. A large private sector is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Door-to-door Insurance Sales.

There has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, nobody ever seems to enter or leave the armour-plated flying castle that serves as Alexiandra's House of Parliament, and 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Alexiandra's radio stations. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alexiandra's national animal is the hydra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the pound.

Alexiandra is ranked 16,080th in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.