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The United States of ITI W Harmonious is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Mr Harmony Jr with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.997 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, 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 New Tolerance. The average income tax rate is 73%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining industries.

Violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, most governmental positions are filled by zealous nationalists, record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been reported, and a recent law has banned homes from having any more than one wheel. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate. ITI W Harmonious's national animal is the warthog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the rand.

ITI W Harmonious is ranked 8th in Ideology Testing Inc and 102,652nd in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -2 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and