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The Republic of Djas23 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, digital currency, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical population of 4.079 billion Djas23ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 60.6%.

The strong Djas23ian economy, worth 273 trillion Wwwwwws 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 66,974 Wwwwwws, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

The Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land, saying that someone looks a bit pale can be construed as hate speech, the state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, and exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Djas23's national animal is the Wwwwww, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Djas23 is ranked 255,427^th in the world and 7^th in PAROS for Most Cultured, scoring 62 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.