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“SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM”

The Democratic Peoples Republic of Vesowshia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 596 million 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 is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Equality and Healthcare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 65%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing industries.

A government program is underway to revitalize Vesowshia's beaches, teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, Vesowshia is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and most citizens in Vesowshia 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. Vesowshia's national animal is the Rainforest Tree Sniper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the buck.

Vesowshia is ranked 701st in the region and 46,481st in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.