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The Disputed Territories of Dumbach is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Prefect Flaithri Tinsh with an iron fist, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, parental licensing program, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 23.476 billion Dumbachians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Dumbachian economy, worth a remarkable 3,639 trillion Ranecs a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Gambling, Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 155,039 Ranecs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 552,691 per year while the poor average 31,282, a ratio of 17.7 to 1.

Facial disfigurement is a leading cause of supervillainy, diplomats expel enough hot air to cause forest fires, ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, and having only one wallet stolen in a day is considered a cause for celebration. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Dumbach's national animal is the armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Vorchism.

Dumbach is ranked 11,125^th in the world and 1^st in Celtia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,101.62 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.