Location: Outpost Uber Alles

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The Empire of Clackdor is a huge, devout nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 928 million are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial Center. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism industries.

Midnight raids drag couples from their homes in the name of decency, the nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned, all streets are privately owned toll roads, and almost all of Clackdor's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Clackdor's national animal is the Ewok, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the imperial credit.

Clackdor is ranked 2nd in Outpost Uber Alles and 19,644th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 27 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and