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The Commonwealth of Enrichment is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Barrrington the Bold with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 9.321 billion are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, moralistic individuals juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Full Cuppa City. Income tax is unheard of. 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.

Citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons, euthanasia is legal, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Enrichment's national animal is the Unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Currant.

Enrichment is ranked 65th in the region and 2,927th in the world for Largest Publishing Industry.