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The Armed Republic of Aslanistan is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by God with an iron fist, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.399 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Healthcare and Public Transport are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monkeyshines. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Retail.

It is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, government officials have to mortgage their homes to make ends meet, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and the country is preparing for war. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. Aslanistan's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Shenanigans, and its currency is the wang.

Aslanistan is ranked 2460th in the region and 54,105th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.