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The Realm of Poskukune

“One must be like the Tiger, both Majestic and fierce”

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The Realm of Poskukune is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Kakhti I with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.365 billion Poskukunese 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 tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Poskukune. The average income tax rate is 8.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Poskukunean economy, worth 788 trillion Paskalis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 123,915 Paskalis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, the Hanging Gardens account for half of Poskukune's water use, survivors of the Great Internet Flame War often recount horror stories of banhammers and DOS attacks, and animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Poskukune's national animal is the Sumatran Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Kerikhakhtism.

Poskukune is ranked 259,021^st in the world and 9,008^th in Balder for Most Primitive, scoring -183.86 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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