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The Crusader State of Troubadouria is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Cardinal Ximenez with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of public education. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.805 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Religion & Spirituality and the Environment are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pratts Bottom. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9%. A large private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, the government has enacted freedom of information, and the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Troubadouria's national animal is the Morgan horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Sacramentalism, and its currency is the Indulgence.

Troubadouria is ranked 561st in the region and 49,627th in the world for Best Weather.