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The Insular Area of Observation Cay is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, smutty television, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.073 billion Observation Cayians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.4%.

The powerhouse Observation Cayian economy, worth 170 trillion Imperial 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 Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, 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 82,312 Imperial Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, the most popular stadium acts are one-off performances, young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid, and Leader's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Observation Cay's national animal is the Island Doggo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Observation Cay is ranked 197,480^th in the world and 4^th in Starlight Isles for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring zero on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.