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“In But Not Of”

The Theocracy of Sprocketsylvania is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 367 million are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

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, Education, and Defence. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Gambling, and Uranium Mining industries.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, criminals are thrown to the badgers to repay their debt to society, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and petitions to the government are being used to insulate politicians' office walls. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sprocketsylvania's national animal is the badger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the mark.

Sprocketsylvania is ranked 688th in the region and 50,431st in the world for Most Godforsaken.