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The Stupor Inducing Miasma of Degenerate Fermi Gas is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Glorious Fumet with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 6.187 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass -- juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fermi Lab. The average income tax rate is 50%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, tax evaders are regularly visited by agents of the Degenerate Fermi Gas Blood Tithe, and CEOs and corporate executives are frequently found striking for better stock options. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Degenerate Fermi Gas's national animal is the spin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the fermion.

Degenerate Fermi Gas is ranked 6th in the region and 6,746th in the world for Largest Nations.