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The Constitutional Dictatorship of Peatiktist is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Mme Boss with an iron fist, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 14.715 billion Peatiktistians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kurgh. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Peatiktistian economy, worth a remarkable 1,435 trillion Peats a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,521 Peats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Peatiktist's radio stations, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, and the blood, sweat, and tears of poor Peatiktistians make research institutes rich. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Peatiktist's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Wheelism.

Peatiktist is ranked 5,136^th in the world and 150^th in The East Pacific for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 10,084.03 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.