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Largest Populations: 17,632ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 26,121st
The Ulyssian Voyager of
Moralistic Democracy
We cannot rest in peace until justice has been served
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Ever-Venting Sus
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Civil Rights
Unheard Of
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Still Ever-Wandering Soul

Population19.205 billion

CurrencyTale
AnimalMongrel

The Ulyssian Voyager of Still Ever-Wandering Soul is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, free-roaming dinosaurs, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 19.205 billion Still Ever-Wandering Soulians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 33.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Still Ever-Wandering Soulian economy, worth a remarkable 1,089 trillion Tales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 56,722 Tales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, fast-food chefs regularly win Health Innovation Awards for spitting on burgers, and ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Still Ever-Wandering Soul's national animal is the Mongrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Still Ever-Wandering Soul is ranked 86,901st in the world and 1,200th in Suspicious for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.62 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Populations: 17,632ndLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 26,121st
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 237th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 363rd in the regionTop
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 448th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 509th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 549th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 621st in the region

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