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The Dread Dominion of Lexmark is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Archoness Serevina I of the Black State with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete lack of prisons. The quiet, industrious population of 12.234 billion Sangravians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vespergrad. The average income tax rate is 21.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sangravian economy, worth 791 trillion Sangravian Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,718 Sangravian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild, the government has declared that sharing is uncaring, structures are raised on promises, and a mayoral candidate backed by Archoness Serevina I of the Black State recently won re-election with 110% of the vote. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lexmark's national animal is the Sangravian Viper, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Bludpakt.

Lexmark is ranked 140,549^th in the world and 4^th in Nova Minor for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 76.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.