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The Federal Commonwealth of Dicko

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The Federal Commonwealth of Dicko is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Primarch Dicko with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.647 billion Dickoans 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Citadel. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Dickoan economy, worth a remarkable 4,194 trillion Bitcoins 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 black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, 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 an amazing 434,819 Bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Hipster cyclists declare that "metal is dead", children dream of becoming physicians and physicists, shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned, and it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dicko's national animal is the Gryphon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dicko is ranked 208,100^th in the world and 9,207^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.7 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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