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“Minoketejtakinoitotak taketettiitotak.”

The People's Grand Duchy of Risottia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Granduc Marc Primm with an iron fist, and notable for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 7.651 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 devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Milan. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

Teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, long arduous trials are held for the most trivial of offences, Risottia is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and people are now classified as male, female, or genderqueer. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Risottia's national animal is the watersnake, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the ghell.

Risottia is ranked 2536th in the region and 54,210th in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.