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The Kingdom of Sycamorstan

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The Kingdom of Sycamorstan is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by King Jack III with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.592 billion Sycamorstanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Willville. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Sycamorstanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,319 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 346,093 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

The judicial branch is strongly influenced by the Communist Party, citizens have never heard foreign radio, concussed giraffeball players cannot remember their lineup position, and the world still seems flat to some people in space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sycamorstan's national animal is the giraffe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Jackism.

Sycamorstan is ranked 338,449^th in the world and 3,679^th in the West Pacific for Most Pacifist, with 2.13 cheeks turned per day.

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