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The Dictatorship of Marvelmen

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The Dictatorship of Marvelmen is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.573 billion Marvelmenians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Healthcare, Administration, and Education also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 47.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Marvelmenian economy, worth 86.2 trillion dollars 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. 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 33,486 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, parrots have more rights than the average citizen, badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, and people make a career out of medical voyeurism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Marvelmen's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Marvelmen is ranked 200,927^th in the world and 3^rd in poppy pop top for Highest Average Incomes, with 33,486.25 Standard Monetary Units.