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“Smell my cheese.......SMELL IT!”

The Free Land of My Secret Garden is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 501 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Banana Tree City. The average income tax rate is 78%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

My Secret Garden has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, all weapon research has been banned, and record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been recorded. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. My Secret Garden's national animal is the cheese, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the daffodil.

My Secret Garden is ranked 20th in the region and 24,864th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.