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The United States of Raymond the awesome is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 1.257 billion 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 Social Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Raymond the awesome City. The average income tax rate is 50%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Eminent domain has been abolished, anti-government web sites are springing up, the upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned, and the Federal Council of Raymond the awesome has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raymond the awesome's national animal is the Pelican , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the AND.

Raymond the awesome is ranked 1,801st in Balder and 74,044th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -15 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and