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“Papishu!”

The Serene Late Afternoon of Mittsville is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its parental licensing program. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 10.491 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be 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 Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dranon City. The average income tax rate is 100%. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The Federal Council of Mittsville has been announced as the new Head of State, Deadly Marmot is one of the most popular forenames in Mittsville, invading armies are given hard glares for their cheek, and Mittsville has designated Dranon City as its capital city. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Mittsville's national animal is the Deadly Marmot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Dough-car.

Mittsville is ranked 15th in the region and 53,423rd in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.