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“What about his thorax?”

The Confederacy of Brostkorgen is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Wyglaf Bamburgh with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.358 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wyld Stallyn. The average income tax rate is 77%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, jails have become colloquially known as 'vampire houses', high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and eminent domain has been abolished. Crime is totally unknown. Brostkorgen's national animal is the Snork, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Dara.

Brostkorgen is ranked 14th in the region and 13,156th in the world for Most Godforsaken.