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The Terrible Swift Sword of Vikander is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its public floggings, avowedly heterosexual populace, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.333 billion Vikanderians 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, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Defense, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 31.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Vikanderian economy, worth 216 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 49,885 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The media have begun calling the government treasury "Leader's stash", the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, the government has declared victoria over the cheese menace, and there is a 'turn around' sign at every border entrance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vikander's national animal is the Death's-head hawkmoth, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Vikander is ranked 39,913^th in the world and 1^st in Milos for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,248.74 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.