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“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air”

The Grand Oceanic Republic of Bircheshire Isle is a gargantuan, devout nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 14.3 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 95%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, government-run brothels can be found on every street corner, Rupert Bear is considered to be the most risqué TV program in Bircheshire Isle, and gambling addicts regularly lose their families' nest eggs at Native Bircheshire Isleite casinos. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bircheshire Isle's national animal is the Birch Dwelling Falcon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Moonlit Dollar.

Bircheshire Isle is ranked 1st in the region and 44,951st in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.