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The Fading Land of Kylondia is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Helena Winters with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, state-planned economy, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed population of 9.394 billion Kylondians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Norrigan-Ferrim. The average income tax rate is 82.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Kylondian economy, worth 424 trillion Drygis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming and Basket Weaving. Average income is 45,163 Drygis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by Helena Winters, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, and things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kylondia's national animal is the Drayrk Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Order of Purity.

Kylondia is ranked 177,153^rd in the world and 2,899^th in The East Pacific for Nudest, with 112.5 cheeks per square mile.