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“Your capitalist prosperity is our priority”

The Capitalist paradise of Fertuccini is a huge, safe nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 932 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 Social Welfare, Education, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 47%. A substantial private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Gambling and Information Technology.

Schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, nude art is becoming wildly popular, and Fertuccini is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fertuccini's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the fetuccini.

Fertuccini is ranked 516th in the region and 41,528th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.