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“If it ain't leftovers, it soon will be”

The Oppressed Peoples of Sweeeper is a colossal, devout nation, remarkable for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 5.848 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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 Social Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 48%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining.

Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sweeeper's national animal is the vulture, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the scrupper.

Sweeeper is ranked 5th in the region and 24,212th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.