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“May the balance remain!”

The Confederacy of Joukaai is a massive, devout nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.259 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic morass -- juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture.

The nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, and the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid. Crime is a problem. Joukaai's national animal is the dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the koku.

Joukaai is ranked 3444th in the region and 47,923rd in the world for Most Godforsaken.