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The Tennis Court Oath of All Serene Republics is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Erma Felna with a fair hand, and renowned for its parental licensing program. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 13.271 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 devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Healthcare and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57%. A small private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class, citizens select which government department gets their income tax silver dollars each year, the government has adopted a more thrifty attitude to administrating the country's needs, and most citizens in All Serene Republics are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. All Serene Republics's national animal is the blue crab, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the silver dollar.

All Serene Republics is ranked 101st in the region and 6,540th in the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector.