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The Dictatorship of Spartanello is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 5.912 billion 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 devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 100%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing.

Reports of attacks by bright purple sixty-foot high spiders have recently shot up, the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, and major archaeological findings are frequently bulldozed to make way for new buildings. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Spartanello's national animal is the spartan vizsla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the master.

Spartanello is ranked 4th in the region and 12,190th in the world for Best Weather.