Location: Osiris

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The Federation of New Chautaqua is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Yaroslav Hottl with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.487 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, Law & Order, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chernenko. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, citizens select which government department gets their income tax Rubles each year, and kids laugh off vandalism and arson as "just fun". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Chautaqua's national animal is the Lynx, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Atheism, and its currency is the Ruble.

New Chautaqua is ranked 75th in Osiris and 2,397th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 15 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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