Location: The Kingdom of Denmark

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The Imperial Danish Founder of Christian IX is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by King-Emperor Joakim Oldenburg IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, cynical population of 4.854 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

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, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fredensborg. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Gambling.

Strategic bombers are being converted into preschools, citizens are tied down and forced to watch educational videos on empathy, a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, and genetic research is temporarily tied up in government red tape. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Christian IX's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is The Danish Reformed Catholic Church, and its currency is the Krone.

Christian IX is ranked 18th in The Kingdom of Denmark and 26,212th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 16 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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