Location: Taijitu

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The Democratic Republic of Laval is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Edwards with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.575 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although the Environment and Commerce are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Halifax. The average income tax rate is 72%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Book Publishing and Tourism.

The government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, and the government pours millions of Levis into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Laval's national animal is the Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Levi.

Laval is ranked 47th in Taijitu and 39,999th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 13 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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