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The Mysterious Airship of King Carl

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The Mysterious Airship of King Carl is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, triple-decker prams, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 44.231 billion King Carlians 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 tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of King Carl City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient King Carlian economy, worth an astonishing 26,966 trillion lats 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Information Technology. 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 a breathtaking 609,675 lats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,758,071 per year while the poor average 167,837, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Fitness to teach sport is proven by urinating the furthest up a wall, only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, any girl that shows an interest in Lego is pressured to study engineering, and actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. King Carl's national animal is the great leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is a major religion.

King Carl is ranked 155,101^st in the world and 1^st in Hattrick for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 347.68 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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