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“Nature Is Our Commonwealth”

The Feudal Socialist Magocracy of New Olwe is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Duchess Lily Greenleaf with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.272 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alqualonde. 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 Tourism.

Religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, graffiti graces every city's streets, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, and public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive. New Olwe's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the greenleaf.

New Olwe is ranked 33rd in the region and 2,530th in the world for Most Godforsaken.