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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 802ndMost Influential: 1,688thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,865th
The Rational Republic of
Left-wing Utopia Utopia
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Excellent
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All-Consuming
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Sanden

Population22.919 billion

CapitalNotlock City
LeaderEdmund Muskie
FaithRationalism

CurrencyShard
AnimalPeregrine Falcon

The Rational Republic of Sanden is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Edmund Muskie with a fair hand, and renowned for its hatred of cheese, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 22.919 billion Sandenians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Notlock City. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sandenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,724 trillion Shards a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 75,244 Shards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, loans are available for students from poor families, and all streets are privately owned toll roads. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sanden's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Rationalism.

Sanden is ranked 14,946th in the world and 377th in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 101 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 802ndMost Influential: 1,688thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,865thMost Stationary: 2,776thTop
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Most Cheerful Citizens: 3,319thBest Weather: 4,229thSafest: 4,236thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 4,632ndLeast Corrupt Governments: 5,558thMost Beautiful Environments: 6,169thLongest Average Lifespans: 9,483rdNicest Citizens: 10,208thMost Advanced Public Education: 10,238thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 10,790thLargest Populations: 11,394thMost Pacifist: 12,238thHighest Average Tax Rates: 13,284thHealthiest Citizens: 14,254thMost Compassionate Citizens: 14,299thMost Cultured: 14,946thHighest Economic Output: 14,957thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 15,155thTop
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Smartest Citizens: 16,949thMost Rebellious Youth: 17,067thHighest Food Quality: 17,542ndMost Advanced Public Transport: 18,871stLargest Welfare Programs: 20,131stMost Developed: 21,533rdMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 21,739thLargest Publishing Industry: 22,748thLowest Crime Rates: 26,933rd
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 49th in the regionTop
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Most Stationary: 71st in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 83rd in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 114th in the regionSafest: 120th in the regionLargest Populations: 123rd in the regionBest Weather: 123rd in the regionMost Influential: 132nd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 151st in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 170th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 177th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 249th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 260th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 267th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 301st in the regionNicest Citizens: 303rd in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 320th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 334th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 349th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 355th in the regionMost Pacifist: 365th in the regionMost Cultured: 377th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 409th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 412th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 413th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 455th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 464th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 507th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 514th in the regionMost Developed: 547th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 580th in the region

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