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“Trois États, Une Impératrice”

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The Empire of Aikoland is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Mélodie Bélanger with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, aversion to nipples, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 29.769 billion Aikolandais enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Industry, although Education, Defense, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ville d'Aiko. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Aikolandais economy, worth an astonishing 10,758 trillion Aikolandais francs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 361,401 Aikolandais francs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,561,201 per year while the poor average 17,021, a ratio of 150 to 1.

Books are considered luxuries only available to the incredibly wealthy, the government is a law unto itself, land owners find the earth being pulled out from under them, and the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Aikoland's national animal is the Aikolandais crested eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Aikoland is ranked 240,439^th in the world and 23^rd in Osakaland for Highest Poor Incomes, with 17,021.22 Standard Monetary Units.