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The Collectivist Citadel of Ephialtys

“No other such country where man can breathe so freely”

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The Collectivist Citadel of Ephialtys is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Sergey Nechayev with an iron fist, and remarkable for its triple-decker prams, lack of airports, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.356 billion Ephialtysians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Labor. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Ephialtysian economy, worth 274 trillion ration stamps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 116,608 ration stamps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago, the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, and more and more people are signing up for the government party. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ephialtys's national animal is the laughing hyena, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cult of The Supreme Being.

Ephialtys is ranked 263,665^th in the world and 230^th in The Western Isles for Most Avoided, scoring 0.68 on the Kardashian Reflex Score.

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