The Principality of The Nightmare Matrix is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 76 million are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The small government juggles the competing demands of Public Transport, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 18%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

A vast monorail network carries people all over the country, copyright laws have been abolished, there have been reports of people marrying housepets, and small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants. Crime is moderate. The Nightmare Matrix's national animal is the red-tailed boa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the plushie.

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