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“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam”

The United Federation of Theredon is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 5.152 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

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 Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Qattonia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 58%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', and cities are engulfed by smog. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Theredon's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the federation credit.

Theredon is ranked 161st in the region and 7,414th in the world for Most Godforsaken.