Location: Holy Moosean Empire

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The Holy Thiefdom of Hrotsijka is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Maxim Gromyko with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 15.245 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bryxoi. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Tourism.

Crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, retail stores offer sales every hour on the hour, and teenagers stay out into the wee hours of the morning "stargazing". Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hrotsijka's national animal is the Moosean Moose, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Gromykoism, and its currency is the Aijk.

Hrotsijka is ranked 2nd in Holy Moosean Empire and 5,815th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 12 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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