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The Socialist Republic of The dark skies

“Jeder ist in Sicherheit”

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The Socialist Republic of The dark skies is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Generalissimus Engel Kessler with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.482 billion dunkmelin 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lehmhügel. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse dunkmel economy, worth 733 trillion Lehms 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 a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 impressive 163,614 Lehms, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Colonials are offended to find a local animal has been re-named the 'Furry Four-Legged Marsupial Lehmhügel Hawk', workers' complaints never reach central planning, citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over The dark skies, and the Ministry of Truthiness now manages the entire media industry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The dark skies's national animal is the Lehmhügel Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The dark skies is ranked 8,092^nd in the world and 18^th in Anteria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 105.26 law-abiding acts per hour.

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