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“We're in God's Hands.”

The Holy Empire of Juntera is a huge, safe nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate population of 237 million are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are 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 Social Welfare, Religion & Spirituality, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

All industry is owned and run by the government, criminals are thrown to the freakin' sea otters to repay their debt to society, the study of medicine is popular throughout Juntera, and people have to sneak out of the country in order to have sex. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Juntera's national animal is the freakin' sea otter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar.

Juntera is ranked 19th in the region and 50,207th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.