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The Empire of Makko Oko

“There is no stability, only corruption”

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The Empire of Makko Oko is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Conall Solis with an iron fist, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.238 billion Makko Okoans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Opposh. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Makko Okoan economy, worth 753 trillion slottoes 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. 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 an impressive 177,850 slottoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, it is now illegal for teens to view any sites except Club Kitten and My Little Donkey, tribal villagers hide behind the sofa when missionaries knock at their doors, and state dairy cow's milk is a shear-thickening fluid that can stop small-caliber bullets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Makko Oko's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Satanism.

Makko Oko is ranked 1,540^th in the world and 8^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 8,099.26 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.

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