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The Democratic States of Seeker Alpha is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.118 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66%, and even higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned, the Seeker Alpha Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', citizens must pay to enjoy Seeker Alpha's pristine beaches, and drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Seeker Alpha's national animal is the badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar.

Seeker Alpha is ranked 60th in the region and 8,073rd in the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.