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The Grand Duchy of Wallcorn is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by HRH Grand Duke Rupert II with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.479 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 Defence, Education, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wyebury. The average income tax rate is 67%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Soda Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism industries.

Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, HRH Grand Duke Rupert II has just been declared ruler of Wallcorn in an international press conference, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wallcorn's national animal is the blue tit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the shilling.

Wallcorn is ranked 2,806th in Balder and 124,451st in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 5 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and