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===Post-Restoration=== | ===Post-Restoration=== | ||
The Melians' greatest societal struggle in the post-reunification era has been generating enough economic growth to offset its worrisome budget deficit while avoiding a politically unthinkable {{wp|austerity}} régime. It is common knowledge in the Melian policy analysis space that major spending cuts, particularly to entitlements, would risk (if not guarantee) social upheaval in a country that is heavily dependent on state pensions. Often in the Melian Islands entire multi-generational households are dependent on pensions and other public assistance benefits for subsistence. | |||
It has been suggested that Melian fiscal discipline could be improved if the Office of Governance Analysis were permitted to employ Bayesian inferences in its analytics; however, the use of Bayesian methods in public auditing was prohibited in 2011 by an amendment to the Fundamental Statute. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||