Location: Coalition of Catholic States

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The Sovereign Military Order of An Slanaitheoir is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Ardmháistir Padarig McIntosh with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, cynical population of 2.791 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Religion & Spirituality, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Naofa Slanaitheoir. The average income tax rate is 75%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, research into 'designer babies' is banned, midnight raids drag couples from their homes in the name of decency, and all news sources are under strict government control. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. An Slanaitheoir's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Roman Catholicism, and its currency is the Airgead.

An Slanaitheoir is ranked 29th in Coalition of Catholic States and 36,662nd in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 22 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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