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“Better to die standing, than to live on your knees!”

The Free People of Barhar is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5.047 billion enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Barhar's radio stations, abortions are routinely performed in Barhar's hospitals, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, and anti-government web sites are springing up. Crime is totally unknown. Barhar's national animal is the Roaring Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Xi.

Barhar is ranked 34th in the region and 53,993rd in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.