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The Average Nation of Sanyette is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 751 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, Defence, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alcazar. The average income tax rate is 100%. A healthy private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

The Sanyette Mental Asylum Party have recently won seats in parliament, military spending is on the increase, there have been reports of people marrying housepets, and the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sanyette's national animal is the Jackal, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Sanyos.

Sanyette is ranked 56th in the region and 8,562nd in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.