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The Pacifican Empire of East Durthang

“Lux in Tenebris”

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The Pacifican Empire of East Durthang is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord of Darkness with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 19.706 billion East Durthangians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it prioritizes Healthcare, with Education, Environment, and Law & Order also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valmar. The average income tax rate is 87.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong East Durthangian economy, worth a remarkable 1,165 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. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 59,153 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 13,881^st in the world and 242^nd in the Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,485.3 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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