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The Absolute Insanity of East Oth

“Above All, East Oth”

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The Absolute Insanity of East Oth is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 545 million East Othians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Coplandgrad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.7%.

The East Othian economy, worth 46.6 trillion Oth Bucks 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. 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 85,448 Oth Bucks, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

The police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, a recent "genocide prevention" campaign includes murdering children based on their DNA, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and government statistics suggest 115% of the population love Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Oth's national animal is the Oth Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

East Oth is ranked 58,020^th in the world and 20^th in Antarctica for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,924.01 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.

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