Location: Sunalaya

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The Grand Republic of Garvopia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Alf with a fair hand, and notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.333 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and the Environment are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Garvopia City. The average income tax rate is 99%. 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.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, and the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts. Crime is totally unknown. Garvopia's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Beatlism, and its currency is the Garv.

Garvopia is ranked 1st in Sunalaya and 2,197th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 16 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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