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The Ostentatious Grand Duchy of Markreich

“For all whom miss 1908.”

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The Ostentatious Grand Duchy of Markreich is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Mark with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, free-roaming dinosaurs, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 44.002 billion Markreichians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Old Markburg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Markreichian economy, worth an astonishing 20,514 trillion Marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 466,213 Marks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,586,207 per year while the poor average 42,214, a ratio of 61.3 to 1.

Citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, the police are destroying all photographic evidence of their own existence, school lockers are filled with fancy underwear, and gift baskets often contain working nukes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Markreich's national animal is the Neon Tetra, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Old Believers.

Markreich is ranked 79^th in the world and 1^st in The Village for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 19,627.24 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.

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