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“Through Adversity to the Stars”

The United Kingdom of Great British Islands is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 5.137 billion 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 is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Defence and Healthcare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

The nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, most citizens in Great British Islands are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, and voting is compulsory. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great British Islands's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the pound sterling.

Great British Islands is ranked 27th in the region and 8,404th in the world for Largest Nations.