Location: belgium

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Surreal Progressive Paradise of Hamme is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Johan-Carl Van Wuiten-Gotha with a fair hand, and notable for its enforced nudity. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 18.04 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 secondary priorities. 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.

Cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, the government has hired out-of-work fashion designers to design purses for men, the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, and all citizens must pass a 'multicultural sensitivity test' to be deemed fit for society. 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 101st in belgium and 100,055th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -8 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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