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The Queendom of Sarotte is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by RB Toretto with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 17.38 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, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vetter. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

All forms of advertising are banned, the government is spending billions of vins on helping citizens find spiritual enlightenment, Max Barry is this year's Miss Sarotte, and the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sarotte's national animal is the tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is the Cult of Personality, and its currency is the vin.

Sarotte is ranked 8th in Lazarus and 139th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 31 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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