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“All the Laws Fit to Enforce”

The Overpopulated Hemisphere of Last Hope is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 12.987 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

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, the Environment, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93%. 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.

A survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high, all news sources are under strict government control, all streets are privately owned toll roads, and the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Last Hope's national animal is the pink-eared bunny, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the IOU.

Last Hope is ranked 324th in the region and 31,880th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.