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The City State of Marmiedon

“Yes... We Take American Express”

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The City State of Marmiedon is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Marmaduke with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ban on automobiles, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 31.754 billion Marmiedonians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marmietown. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Marmiedonian economy, worth an astonishing 11,406 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 359,219 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

In a desperate bid for cheap airfare Marmiedonians can be seen jogging in a rubber suit just before flying, a PhD just ain't what it used to be, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, and tampons are used as cheap fishing bobbers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Marmiedon's national animal is the great cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Felineism.

Marmiedon is ranked 947^th in the world and 53^rd in The North Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 227,763.65 Standard Monetary Units.

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