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The Pacifican Empire of East Durthang is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Lord of Darkness with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 20.924 billion East Durthangians 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it prioritizes Healthcare, although Education, Environment, and Law & Order are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valmar. The average income tax rate is 88.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving East Durthangian economy, worth a remarkable 1,288 trillion denarii a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. Average income is 61,572 denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances, small children pause apologies for their misdeeds to ask what fiscal insolvency actually is, and Lord of Darkness is convinced that other nations can simply be "junked" (East Durthang has found 2 easter eggs). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Durthang's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

East Durthang is ranked 304,248^th in the world and 3,370^th in the Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -8.94 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.