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The Borderlands of Magic Sands is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by MAGIC SANZ with a fair hand, and remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.516 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of course. The average income tax rate is 32%, but much higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, commercial jingles have been ham-handedly forced into world renowned symphonies, and students cut up leftover Magic Sand Dollars during Arts and Crafts. Crime is totally unknown. Magic Sands's national animal is the magic sand dollar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Magic Sand Dollar.

Magic Sands is ranked 3rd in ConventionStates and 91,069th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -22 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and