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The Dictatorship of Port Sheldon

“ABRAZOS, NO BALAZOS”

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The Dictatorship of Port Sheldon is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Porfirio Muñoz with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.67 billion Port Sheldonians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ci u t'ann. The average income tax rate is 28.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Port Sheldonian economy, worth 145 trillion Cacao Beans a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 87,275 Cacao Beans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Farting etiquette is taught in schools, arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, illegal book-trafficking rings dominate the black market, and enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Port Sheldon's national animal is the Chinchilla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Port Sheldon is ranked 295,593^rd in the world and 78^th in MHBs New Earth for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -8.12 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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