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The Peoples' Most Sublime Domain of New Zukesa

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The Peoples' Most Sublime Domain of New Zukesa is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lupov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, complete absence of social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.973 billion New Zukesans 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dolinsk. The average income tax rate is 55.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Zukesan economy, worth 154 trillion Victory Stamps 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, Trout Farming, Information Technology, 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 78,089 Victory Stamps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Third world countries are rich in "I Love Dolinsk" t-shirts, New Zukesans believe manners maketh the leader, deli patrons examine their roast beef for undetonated explosives, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Zukesa's national animal is the Swan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The National Shrine.

New Zukesa is ranked 75,452^nd in the world and 8^th in Mazdadez for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.35 law-abiding acts per hour.

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