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“Only people without brains can't get mentally ill.”

The Sultanate of Deal Island is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate population of 667 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, Social Welfare, and Social Equality. The average income tax rate is 43%, but much higher for the wealthy. 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.

Skateparks can be found in every city, Pademelon is one of the most popular forenames in Deal Island, parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, and schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students. Crime is totally unknown. Deal Island's national animal is the pademelon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the witches' teeth.

Deal Island is ranked 739th in the region and 49,054th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.