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“The difference between stupidity and bravery, is timing”

The Kingdom of HamCheese is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.278 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of HamBrie. The average income tax rate is 100%. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

High-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, main battle tanks stalk the woods of HamCheese in search of squirrels, organ donation rates have hit a new low, and a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HamCheese's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the jack.

HamCheese is ranked 106th in the region and 6,737th in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.