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“love is the highest aspiration of man.”

The Golden Plains of AustinWhaley is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lady Yuna with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.455 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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, the Environment, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luca. The average income tax rate is 100%. A large private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, the chocobo is a protected species, AustinWhaley's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. AustinWhaley's national animal is the chocobo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the ping.

AustinWhaley is ranked 53rd in the region and 50,619th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.