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The Rogue Nation of ND Talker is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Elara Thorn with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.766 billion Deathlanders 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nocturna. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Deathlandian economy, worth 296 trillion Lives a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 107,126 Lives, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 589,370 per year while the poor average 9,877, a ratio of 59.7 to 1.

What's in your genes matters more than what's in your jeans, meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute, and people on the brink of death are put through unwanted and stressful procedures. Crime is a problem. ND Talker's national animal is the Lynx, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Luminarism.

ND Talker is ranked 29,717^th in the world and 3^rd in New Deathland Storage for Most Cultured, scoring 79 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.