The Best Nation

The Best Empire is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 62 million The Bestians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 36.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Empire of the Best economy, worth 2.08 trillion Fish Scales a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,607 Fish Scales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and vegetarianism is compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Empire of the Best's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nation of the Best is ranked 138,463rd in the world and 5,015th in the South Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 53.4 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.

Empire of the Best Saikō no teikoku
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Paix – Travail – Patrie" (French) "Peace – Work – Fatherland"
Anthem:  "Ô Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres (French)" O Cameroon, Cradle of our Forefathers a
Capital and largest city	Bestian City
Official languages	French English
Ethnic groups	31% Sensō Highlanders 19% Equatorial Japan 11% American 10% Fulani 8% SouthEastern Australian 7% Eastern Malaysia 13% other African <1% non-African
Demonym(s)	Cameroonian
Government	Empire
• Meishu	Meishu Yisaac
• Prime Minister	Yordan Yulishney
Legislature	National Assembly
Independence from France
• Declared	3 April 1800
• Annexation of former British Cameroons	3 April 1869
Area
• Total	475,442 km2 (183,569 sq mi) (54th)
• Water (%)	1.3
Population
• July 2012 estimate	20,129,878 (58th)
• 2005 census	17,463,836
• Density	39.7/km2 (102.8/sq mi) (167th)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$47.251 billion
• Per capita	$2,257
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Total	$25.759 billion
• Per capita	$1,230
Gini (2001)	44.6 medium
HDI (2011)	0.482 low · 150th
Currency	Fish scales (XAF)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (not observed)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+559
Internet TLD	.cm
These are the titles as given in the Constitution of the Republic of Sensō, Article X. The Japanese version of the song is sometimes called [] , as in National Anthems of the World; and the English version "O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers", as in DeLancey and DeLancey 61.