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The Republic of Nordface is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 893 million hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Commerce, and Education. The average income tax rate is 13%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Gambling, and Information Technology industries.

Voting is voluntary, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature', and it is a crime to offend someone's religious beliefs. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem. Nordface's national animal is the swede, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the norwegian.

Nordface is ranked 3rd in the region and 19,317th in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.