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“No problem is insurmountable”

The Republic of Beached is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate population of 627 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lagoon. The average income tax rate is 93%. 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.

Crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, child adoption by homosexual couples has been outlawed, and Australian Magpie is one of the most popular forenames in Beached. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beached's national animal is the Australian Magpie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Seashell.

Beached is ranked 2288th in the region and 46,949th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.