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The Federation of Kortik

“Freedom, Liberty and Power”

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The Federation of Kortik is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Greg Grant with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 24.87 billion Kortikians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gauja. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kortikian economy, worth an astonishing 10,244 trillion ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 411,922 ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, knock-knock jokes regularly get removed from websites for being too edgy, some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, and vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kortik's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kortik is ranked 885^th in the world and 40^th in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 257.33 quips per hour.

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