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The Irish Pub Nation of Irish Setter Inc is a colossal, devout nation, ruled by Red Dog with an iron fist, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 7.035 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Social Welfare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Irish Setter Inc City. The average income tax rate is 65%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Tourism.

Wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, Irish Setter Inc has designated Irish Setter Inc City as its capital city, citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, and popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security". Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Irish Setter Inc's national animal is the irish setter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is beer, and its currency is the kibble.

Irish Setter Inc is ranked 13th in And A Great Big Bushy Beard and 68,632nd in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 1 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and