The 23 of ----------------------- is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by West-Flanders with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 32.215 billion -----------------------ians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paq. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient -----------------------ian economy, worth a remarkable 6,411 trillion 23s a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 199,009 23s, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,720,124 per year while the poor average 3,762, a ratio of 457 to 1.

The tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, there is something rotten in the state of -----------------------, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, and industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. -----------------------'s national animal is the 23, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Blaat.

----------------------- is ranked 1,707^th in the world and 11^th in belgium for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 8,542.28 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.