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The Holy Empire of OliviaMunn is a huge, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed population of 292 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 77%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

People of faith are sent to twelve-step programs for 'The Cure', membership in the state-owned Church of OliviaMunn is mandatory and all other faith organisations are banned, bizarre-looking creatures called 'Kevin Pereiradogs' dominate wildlife preserves, and atheists and evolutionary biologists are fleeing the country like rats from a sinking ship. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. OliviaMunn's national animal is the Kevin Pereira, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the pie.

OliviaMunn is ranked 24th in the region and 28,162nd in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.