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The Democratic States of Artificial Chimore System is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, public floggings, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.128 billion Artificial Chimore Systemians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 48.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Artificial Chimore Systemian economy, worth a remarkable 1,081 trillion Freedom Units 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 151,679 Freedom Units, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, requests for government aid can be forwarded to the beach, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, and interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Artificial Chimore System's national animal is the Democrat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Artificial Chimore System is ranked 102,915^th in the world and 288^th in Lair of the Dragons for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 865.56 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.