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The Grand Duchy of The Chestnut Tree Cafe is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Emmanuel Goldstein with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5.926 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Public Transport, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21%. 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.

The minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Chestnut Tree Cafe's national animal is the giraffe, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the spangle.

The Chestnut Tree Cafe is ranked 43rd in libertarian and 126,952nd in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -8 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and