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The Rogue Nation of Disasters is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its frequent executions, prohibition of alcohol, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 823 million Disasters 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.5%.

The thriving Disasterist economy, worth 57.2 trillion Deaths a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 69,451 Deaths, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 416,655 per year while the poor average 5,242, a ratio of 79.5 to 1.

The intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network, shipping canals are a bit like unimaginative cheese shops -- filled with debris, anti-government demagogues have a devil of a time evading authorities, and the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Disasters's national animal is the Death, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Disasters is ranked 167,478^th in the world and 355^th in Concord for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 813.49 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.