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“Why is the rum gone?”

The Community of Friendly Insomniacs is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 791 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 76%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Trout Farming.

Expensive lawyers are hired to defend citizens in court for public urination charges against their pets, the words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work. Crime is totally unknown. Friendly Insomniacs's national animal is the fish stick, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the cakesniffer.

Friendly Insomniacs is ranked 38th in the region and 32,127th in the world for Most Godforsaken.