Location: European Union

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The Democratic Republic of Occoron is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Fernando Mahanga with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 4.127 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Commerce and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montevideo. The average income tax rate is 54%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Book Publishing and Tourism.

Elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, invading armies are given hard glares for their cheek, abortions are routinely performed in Occoron's hospitals, and parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Occoron's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Euro.

Occoron is ranked 33rd in European Union and 37,277th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 22 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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