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The Most Serene Kingdom of Hedjtep

“For every joy there is a price to be paid”

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The Most Serene Kingdom of Hedjtep is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Ramesses XXII with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, compulsory military service, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 38.141 billion Hedjtepis 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Environment, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Raqote. The average income tax rate is 59.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Hedjtepian economy, worth a remarkable 1,368 trillion debens 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Retail. 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 35,869 debens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to carry an umbrella when the official weather forecast predicts a sunny day, voodoo economists believe that feeding criminals to volcanoes will bring untold riches to Hedjtep, reddish-brown is the new black, and government employees from Hedjtep dominate international lumberjack competitions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hedjtep's national animal is the sphinx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Way of Maat.

Hedjtep is ranked 96,532^nd in the world and 23^rd in Antarctica for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,921.83 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.

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