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The Fearless Island of Faaquizaan is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Sheik Shaq Al-Faaq with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.765 billion Faaquizaanians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Intrepid. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.9%.

The powerhouse Faaquizaanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,977 trillion faaqs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,837 faaqs, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

The bureaucratic class continues to multiply, the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', and broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Faaquizaan's national animal is the shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Violetism.

Faaquizaan is ranked 102,616^th in the world and 10^th in Out Of Left Field for Highest Poor Incomes, with 30,078.33 Standard Monetary Units.