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“The yeast know how to make the wyne.”

The Republic of Wyneries is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.48 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.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. The average income tax rate is 20%. A robust private sector is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, followed by Furniture Restoration and Uranium Mining.

The government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Wyneries's many privately-owned prisons, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields. 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 teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the bangaloor.

Wyneries is ranked 665th in the region and 7,526th in the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.