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The Republic of Blackmarche

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The Republic of Blackmarche is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its national health service, otherworldly petting zoo, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.467 billion Blackmarcheans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, although Defense, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Blackmarchean economy, worth a remarkable 2,945 trillion currencies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 455,475 currencies, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,127,855 per year while the poor average 5,905, a ratio of 698 to 1.

Prisoners fit in their parole hearings around their spa treatments, adults have never outgrown their fear of monsters, teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, and a driving license is obtained not by passing a test but by passing a brown envelope. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Blackmarche's national animal is the animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blackmarche is ranked 4,012^th in the world and 11^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 21,299.99 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.

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