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“Et Nova Et Vetera”

The Commonwealth of Whiskeasy is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.921 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Social Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 98%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling industries.

Guns are banned, earth worms are frequently shot for looking at people 'in a funny way', international tensions are high as Whiskeasy threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, and the government enforces a policy of 'from each according to their ability, to each according to the available budget'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Whiskeasy's national animal is the earth worm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the poond.

Whiskeasy is ranked 30th in the region and 49,336th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.