Location: Wysteria

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The Holiest Of The Holy Lands of Deep south Borland is a gargantuan, devout nation, ruled by His Supreme Holy Eminence with an even hand, and notable for its national health service. Its compassionate population of 17.179 billion are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, the Environment, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sacrosanct City. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, hairdressers are among those who have disappeared overnight, and anti-environmentalist protesters are gunned down without mercy. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Deep south Borland's national animal is the Lamb, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is The Truest Fairy Tale Ever, and its currency is the Sacrament.

Deep south Borland is ranked 207th in Wysteria and 101,642nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -42 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and