Location: Greater Dienstad

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The Imperial Theocracy of Castille de Italia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Chancellor Victoria Mede with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.528 billion are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Religion & Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Preslaff . Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.

The populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system, criminals are thrown to the Castillian Snow Bears to repay their debt to society, owning a tractor is widely regarded as an essential prerequisite to most government positions, and all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Castille de Italia's national animal is the Castillian Snow Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Roman Catholicism, and its currency is the Credit.

Castille de Italia is ranked 42nd in Greater Dienstad and 116,401st in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 43 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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