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“Slowly going nowhere”

The Surreal Progressive Paradise of Hamme is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Johan-Carl Van Wuiten-Gotha with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 13.277 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Social Equality are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hammeborg. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Citizens are forced to donate blood once every three months, schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. Crime is totally unknown. Hamme's national animal is the Belgian Waffle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the BEF.

Hamme is ranked 5th in the region and 1,526th in the world for Most Godforsaken.