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“If you have no enemies, you're doing something wrong.”

The Secret Island of DreadedPirates is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.476 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Social Equality. The average income tax rate is 100%. A very small private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, tax evaders are regularly visited by agents of the DreadedPirates Blood Tithe, most citizens in DreadedPirates are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, and many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. DreadedPirates's national animal is the winged cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the doubloon.

DreadedPirates is ranked 35th in the region and 49,949th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.