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The Isolated Kingdom of ArkdunhAm

“That is not dead which can eternal lie”

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The Isolated Kingdom of ArkdunhAm is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by King Hastur IV with an iron fist, and remarkable for its triple-decker prams, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.633 billion Arkians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Spirituality, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Relyeh. The average income tax rate is 70.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Arkian economy, worth a remarkable 2,072 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 164,016 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, the "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, an underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, and athletes and street criminals compete for solid steel baseball bats. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. ArkdunhAm's national animal is the bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is The Esoteric Cult of Dagon.

ArkdunhAm is ranked 237,397^th in the world and 10,049^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 55.03 law-abiding acts per hour.

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