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The Glorious Sound of Supreme Music is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 7.886 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

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 the Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Shape of Things to Come. The average income tax rate is 97%. 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.

Heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, and suit-clad businessmen have been taking advantage of the relaxed welfare qualifications by shopping with food stamps. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Supreme Music's national animal is the drummer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the musical note.

Supreme Music is ranked 20th in The Featured Region Followers and 100,622nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -47 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and