Location: Ankh Mauta

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The Sublime Island Kingdom of Astrolinium is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Astorias Maldivis III with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 4.826 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although the Environment and Social Equality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astrolinium. The average income tax rate is 68%, 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.

The number of students attending university has reached a record high, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, Max Barry is this year's Miss Astrolinium, and 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Astrolinium's radio stations. Crime is totally unknown. Astrolinium's national animal is the Bottlenose Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Australe.

Astrolinium is ranked 30th in Ankh Mauta and 28,338th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 15 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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