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The Dictatorship of Castigaara is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 158 million Castigaarans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Castigaaran economy, worth 5.05 trillion Castigas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 31,958 Castigas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Singles on the dating scene no longer worry about looking their age, cases of disease among the civilian population dwindle as civilian population dwindles, the nation's youth would rather watch paint dry than the news, and confusing advertising has left citizens unsure if cults will either welcome them or try to kill them. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Castigaara's national animal is the Komodo Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Castigaara is ranked 145,771^st in the world and 2,786^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 12.27 flags saluted per person per day.