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“We hate haters ...and anime”

The Armed Republic of Vlooieneuker is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Vlooi with an iron fist, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.17 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and the Environment are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vlooieneuker City. The average income tax rate is 100%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

The police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, the government is a law unto itself, criminals are executed and their property seized, and employers may fire workers without giving any reason. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Vlooieneuker's national animal is the dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the DeePee.

Vlooieneuker is ranked 499th in the region and 5,519th in the world for Most Pro-Market Nations.