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“The yeast know how to make the wyne.”

The Republic of Wyneries is a massive, devout nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 4.327 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, businessmen have been raging over recent 'gender equality' policies in the workplace, and citizens who leave the country are officially classed as traitors. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wyneries's national animal is the dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the bangaloor.

Wyneries is ranked 124th in the region and 4,723rd in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.