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The Workers' Republic's Union of Great-Desolates is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Secretary with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 5.487 billion Desolates have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mосква. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Desolate economy, worth a remarkable 1,125 trillion ℕubloes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 205,085 ℕubloes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 580,545 per year while the poor average 57,931, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Graffiti artists make up a significant portion of the coal mining population, government policy is dictated by a major religion, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, and General Secretary's online image is the very model of a modern major leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Great-Desolates's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Great-Desolates is ranked 127,293^rd in the world and 528^th in Europeia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,528.03 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.