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The Rogue Nation of ND Talker 2 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Normal Joe with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 2.73 billion ND Talker 2ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Pork City. The average income tax rate is 67.0%.

The powerhouse ND Talker 2ian economy, worth 239 trillion lives a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,804 lives, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Eight-year-olds with lemonade stands have been known to be locked up on charges of embezzlement, students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class, airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, and the main interest rates change daily based on the latest news story. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. ND Talker 2's national animal is the reaper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Joetally.

ND Talker 2 is ranked 25,487^th in the world and 1^st in New Deathland Storage for Most Cultured, scoring 82 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.