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Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, disadvantaged youths often commit felonies to enhance their educational prospects.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the government is keeping a watch on all seeing eyes.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, entomologists flock to Turan for its remarkable gadfly population.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, only adults may purchase violent video games.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, many marriages go virtually unconsummated.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the World Republic Games have been won again by Trebizondia as no other country cares enough to compete.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, home renovation shows are increasingly popular.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, former weapons designers now boast about their non-jamming semi-automatic nail guns.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, today's secret ingredients are blood, sweat, and tears.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative.

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Following new legislation in Trebizondia, Tesco was recently named as the new national treasurer.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, there's a bright dawn ahead for Trebizondia.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the latest government policy passed by a close shave.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, it is quite common for bar patrons to discuss Wittgenstein over cordials and games of backgammon.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the latest "must-have" uPhone is 1/4 mm thinner than last year's uPhone.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, Mete Turan's new android secretary is the latest media darling.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, it's harder to qualify for IVF than for a good university.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, scientists are terrified of fabulous new breakthroughs.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the house always wins.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, burnt-out forty-foot-tall wicker men dot the countryside.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the nation's poor can be seen scavenging trash bins for used coffee grounds.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, no one appreciates Mete Turan's costume of King Oswyn V (Trebizondia has found 1 easter egg).

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the Trebizondian delegation to the World Assembly is having a hard time convincing people that international law will "pay for itself somehow...".

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, posh restaurants scatter glass fragments on the dining room floor to keep out barefoot undesirables.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, commercial breaks often lead to nervous breakdowns.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, Mete Turan's iHouse is so intelligent that it manages its own social media accounts.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, history lessons resemble a who's-who and how's-how of crime.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, arbitration is mightier than the sword.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the government maintains a Department of Skulduggery.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, it turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, journalists listen to the money talk.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, turning eighteen is often referred to as the 'Age of Aquarius'.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life.

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Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the family of Mete Turan bite their thumbs at paparazzi intrusions.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, strange lights seen in the sky are officially regarded as weather balloons or hoaxes and nothing else.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, everyone hates people who encourage hate.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, journalists often nap through tedious police press briefings.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, Trebizondians refer to transgender people with insults instead of pronouns.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, life expectancies inside correctional facilities vastly exceed the national average.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, carefully-staged grief is displayed by Mete Turan after national disasters.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, spontaneous nocturnal decapitation is considered 'death by natural causes' for enemies of Trebizondia.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the art of conversation has been rediscovered.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, money always talks but the taboo subject of death just brings silence.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Trebizondian Embarrassments.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the latest Orange tablet's new peeling surface keeps the device always fresh.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, cops shout apologies with every swing of their baton.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the only things written in the stars are arrest warrants for astrologers.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, punitive tariffs protect local industry.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, frequent flyers are chiseled into statues.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, city mayors have to get permission from parliament to take a vacation day.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose.

Following new legislation in Trebizondia, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion.

The Republic of Trebizondia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Mete Turan with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.064 billion Trebizondians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Turan. The average income tax rate is 67.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Trebizondian economy, worth 160 trillion Turkish Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 150,537 Turkish Lire, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Graffiti is done with immaculate multi-layer shading, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, and religious turf wars have caused frustrated police to pray for divine intervention. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Trebizondia's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.