The Acknowledging Community of Acknowledgement is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Magdalena Andersson with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.519 billion Acknowledgementtations are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Minus Underground. The average income tax rate is 61.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Acknowledgementtation economy, worth 104 trillion Community Caps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,544 Community Caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's often a little nagging voice suggesting that parents aren't keeping their kids safe, students do more community service than homework, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and military officers are given medals for disobeying orders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acknowledgement's national animal is the Rabbit Foot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is To Acknowledge thy as thyself.

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