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“The republic is never far.”

The Gridlocked state of Dimoniquid is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Josh Barron with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate population of 1.472 billion are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luisiano. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The ban on cars has been repealed, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and people caught mistreating Dimoniquid's flag generally wind up in a great deal of pain. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dimoniquid's national animal is the eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Buddhism, and its currency is the pound.

Dimoniquid is ranked 169th in the region and 51,781st in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.