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The Military Dictatorship of Ghostage is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Casper the Tyrannical with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. The democratic population of 8.695 billion Ghostageans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sacraghoulo. The average income tax rate is 41.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ghostagean economy, worth 356 trillion ghost rupees a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,961 ghost rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic, elections are won by the candidate who makes the best 'yo mama' jokes, the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, and teachers are skilled at leaving no evidence of child cruelty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ghostage's national animal is the Generic Ghost, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Nepotism.

Ghostage is ranked 133,489^th in the world and 1^st in The Dominion Of United Free Nations for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 523.34 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.