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“L'unité fait la Force”

The United Socialist States of Waterschei is a huge, safe nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate population of 544 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bascule. The average income tax rate is 85%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism industries.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, the arms industry is strictly regulated, and school uniforms are compulsory. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Waterschei's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the coal.

Waterschei is ranked 10th in the region and 5,773rd in the world for Most Godforsaken.