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The Extreme Totalitarian People of Of the godless is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Alex the annihilator of imperialism with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.486 billion the godlessians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the undercity. The average income tax rate is 82.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient the godlessian economy, worth 174 trillion dolairs 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, 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 an impressive 117,245 dolairs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It turns out that money can buy you happiness, light entertainment shows are light on actual entertainment, pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, and buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Of the godless's national animal is the kumquat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Of the godless is ranked 259,865^th in the world and 629^th in Carcassonne for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 20,049 Standard Monetary Units.