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“Treacle treacle little bat”

The Republic of Hanging Bats is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-working, cynical population of 263 million are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, liberal government is effectively ruled by the Department of Law & Order, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 17%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Trout Farming.

The government is avowedly atheist. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Hanging Bats's national animal is the cricket, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the stake.

Hanging Bats is ranked 6th in the region and 12,358th in the world for Most Godforsaken.