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The Technocratic Empire of Clamation is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ashley Winters with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.633 billion Clamationians 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, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vindicate City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Clamationian economy, worth an astonishing 11,037 trillion Denars 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Retail. 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 a breathtaking 625,929 Denars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

People reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, and major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clamation's national animal is the Lindwurm, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Clamationism.

Clamation is ranked 81,373^rd in the world and 1,395^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Extreme, scoring 25.83 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.