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The Democratic States of Lodgi is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.541 billion Lodgians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rixen. The average income tax rate is 47.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Lodgian economy, worth 166 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,449 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Courtrooms can be a little sketchy, Jennifer Government is a bestseller, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and aspiring pilots must be personally vetted by the Minister of Transportation before receiving their license. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lodgi's national animal is the Monkeh, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lodgi is ranked 201,395^th in the world and 287^th in Bozarkia for Most Extreme, scoring 15.06 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.