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The Dictatorship of Verkopia is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 373 million Verkopians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. The average income tax rate is 49.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Verkopian economy, worth 39.7 trillion Verkish Dollars 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. 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 106,394 Verkish Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Love is given from each according to their ability but marriage is assigned to each according to their needs, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, the government is well known for declaring war on other countries for suspected slights, and Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verkopia's national animal is the Deathstalker Scorpion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Verkopia is ranked 5,604^th in the world and 20^th in Fifth Empire for Most Conservative, scoring 94.83 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.