The Free Land of The Saint James Confederation is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 5.981 billion Saint James Confederationians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mariascola. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The thriving Saint James Confederationian economy, worth 318 trillion shillings a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Gambling and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,286 shillings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.
The government spends millions of shillings every year prosecuting spammers, it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, and sex changes are routinely performed at The Saint James Confederation's hospitals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Saint James Confederation's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
The Saint James Confederation is ranked 172,027th in the world and 280th in Field Egg Group for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -1.4 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.
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The Saint James Confederation was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
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The Saint James Confederation was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
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The Saint James Confederation was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Beautiful Environments.
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The Saint James Confederation was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
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The Saint James Confederation was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Safest.
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The Saint James Confederation was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured and Most Beautiful Environments.
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The Saint James Confederation's influence in Field Egg Group fell from "Instigator" to "Squire".
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The Saint James Confederation's influence in Field Egg Group rose from "Minnow" to "Instigator".
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The Saint James Confederation relocated from Lazarus to Field Egg Group.
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The Saint James Confederation was refounded in Lazarus.