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The Despotic Dictatorship of Despoticania

“God was a dream of good government.”

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The Despotic Dictatorship of Despoticania is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Despot with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 39.681 billion Despoticanians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Despoticania Prime. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Despoticanian economy, worth a staggering 50,004 trillion Despollars 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. 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 1,260,160 Despollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cars speed down national highways while drivers sleep at the wheel, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, the sudden proliferation of nuclear weapons is very queer, and the number of judges has tripled in recent months. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Despoticania's national animal is the Winged Unicorn Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of Transcendental Hatred.

Despoticania is ranked 1^st in the world and 1^st in The Alliance of Dictators for Highest Poor Incomes, with 1.22 million Standard Monetary Units.

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