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The Kingdom of Duergar

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The Kingdom of Duergar is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Queen Jade-Lin with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.295 billion Duergar are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry and Law & Order are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Obsidian Citadel. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Duergar economy, worth 958 trillion silver nuggets a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 152,253 silver nuggets, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,382,474 per year while the poor average 1,938, a ratio of 713 to 1.

Burnout is common with anti-government demagogues, where your food came from is an unknowable mystery, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, and declaring that "some kids are just born evil" is not endearing Queen Jade-Lin to progressive thinkers. Crime is a serious problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Duergar's national animal is the steeder, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Laduguer and Deep Duerra.

Duergar is ranked 285,566^th in the world and 10,970^th in Balder for Highest Food Quality, scoring 4.8 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

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