Location: United Kingdom

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The Balliwick of Renesslaer is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by His Royal Majesty King Ridenour XIV with a fair hand, and renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14.759 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Education and the Environment are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lourdes. The average income tax rate is 98%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Meat-eating is frowned upon, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, and the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism. Crime is totally unknown. Renesslaer's national animal is the imperial lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is The Church of Renesslaer, and its currency is the Sovereign.

Renesslaer is ranked 46th in United Kingdom and 36,313th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 22 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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