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The Wonderful Lightness of Ignorance is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Dalai Feynman with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.259 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bongodrum. The average income tax rate is 80%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "Love and peace!" as a way of life, invading armies are given hard glares for their cheek, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways. Crime is totally unknown. Ignorance's national animal is the Hippie-Hippo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Love.

Ignorance is ranked 2nd in Newsman and 8,242nd in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 10 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and