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“Unity,Effort,Duteous”

The United Socialist States of South Borneo is a small, safe nation, renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-working population of 45 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 Law & Order, Public Transport, and Religion & Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 46%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Gambling.

The nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, angst-filled teenagers are rushing off to buy government bonds for some odd reason, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Hornbills, and 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. South Borneo's national animal is the Hornbills, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Borneo Pound.

South Borneo is ranked 66th in the region and 45,999th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.