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The Oppressed Peoples of Lobostania is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 413 million 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lobostania City. The average income tax rate is 68%. 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.

Strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, and all forms of advertising are banned. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Lobostania's national animal is the Pink Bottom Tinkugator, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Tinku.

Lobostania is ranked 1186th in the region and 49,248th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.