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“The Truth Will Set You Free So Will The Rum!”

The United States of Tangomania is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 354 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tango City. The average income tax rate is 58%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Uranium Mining.

Loans are available for students from poor families, the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, and most citizens in Tangomania are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tangomania's national animal is the shark, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the tang.

Tangomania is ranked 371st in the region and 12,463rd in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.