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“Redfield for life”

The Republic of Tug hill is a massive, safe nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 2.791 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Social Welfare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76%. 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.

Government police forces protect public schools from the threat of protest, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, city sidewalks are crowded with overweight people, and the country is preparing for war. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tug hill's national animal is the german shepard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the black flies.

Tug hill is ranked 24th in the region and 46,479th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.