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The United Socialist States of Turistica is a tiny, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7 million Turisticans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 74.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Turistican economy, worth 60.8 billion Lindas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 8,685 Lindas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, the state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations, and election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Turistica's national animal is the Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.