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“Pax melior est quam iustissimum bellum.”

The Grand Duchy of Dauershire is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.913 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although the Environment and Law & Order are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 18%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Most governmental positions are filled by zealous nationalists, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, and badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive. Dauershire's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the euro.

Dauershire is ranked 602nd in the region and 53,260th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.