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The Matriarchial AbomiNation of Random-chan is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Random-chan with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical population of 6.151 billion Degenerates are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Refuge. The average income tax rate is 61.9%.

The all-consuming Random-chanian economy, worth 480 trillion Randoms a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,189 Randoms, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's interest in space is at an all-time high while interest in saving the planet is at an all-time low, rumor has it that Random-chan has won three lotteries in a row, televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events, and road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Random-chan's national animal is the Swag Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hakurei Sect.

Random-chan is ranked 272,538^th in the world and 4^th in RAILGUN for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.3 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.