The Most Serene Republic of The Perplexed is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, digital currency, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 352 million Perplexed enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kanesâ Radyalê. The average income tax rate is 52.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Perplexed economy, worth 34.6 trillion Crescents a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is 98,219 Crescents, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, the government tries to improve relations with hostile countries by sending gift baskets, new urban roads are threatening city parks, and the nation's forests are full of treasure hunters in military-grade survival gear. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Perplexed's national animal is the Sika Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Perplexed is ranked 100,464^th in the world and 1,403^rd in The East Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 16.39 flags saluted per person per day.