Nation/Esceosia

The Republic of Esceosia is a very large, pleasant nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 183 million Esceosians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defence, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 25%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Criminals are thrown to the Jabrils to repay their debt to society, prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and appendix transplant figures have recently doubled. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Esceosia's national animal is the Jabril, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the forint.