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The People's Republic of The Dyson Sphere is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Olaf Stapledon with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 6.055 billion Dyson Sphereans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Control Center. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The powerhouse Dyson Spherean economy, worth 398 trillion Spheroids a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 65,812 Spheroids, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 234,350 per year while the poor average 13,301, a ratio of 17.6 to 1.

Foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather, courtrooms can be a little sketchy, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and Brasilistan has been announced as the nation's newest colony. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. The Dyson Sphere's national animal is the Capellan Power-Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Heliolatry.

The Dyson Sphere is ranked 257,839^th in the world and 20^th in An Island In Space for Highest Poor Incomes, with 13,301.64 Standard Monetary Units.