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“Democracy, Freedom, Unity”

The Democratic Socialist Rep of Blue Cheses is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leon Trotsky with an even hand, and remarkable for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 893 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 Education, Healthcare, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trotskygrad. 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.

Libraries are bulldozed to make way for internet cafés, organ donation is compulsory, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country, and military funding has been stripped back. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blue Cheses's national animal is the Flying Moscito Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the BOE.

Blue Cheses is ranked 194th in the region and 8,895th in the world for Best Weather.