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The Republic of Ralphburg

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The Republic of Ralphburg is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Ralph J Russell with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.216 billion Ralphburgers 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ralphburg. The average income tax rate is 21.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ralphburgian economy, worth a remarkable 2,554 trillion Dogecoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 277,129 Dogecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Skyscrapers get built in just days, one-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses, school history books often refer to Ralph J Russell as "that imperialist pig dog", and young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ralphburg's national animal is the big smoldog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ralphburg is ranked 6,992^nd in the world and 164^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 108.76 law-abiding acts per hour.

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