Location: A Modern World

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Chaoist People's Republic of Dra-pol is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Director Hotan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 19.268 billion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Da'Khiem. The average income tax rate is 100%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

Military spending is on the increase, the police force is rumoured to be made up of evil shadows with no souls, military spending recently hit a new high, and the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Dra-pol's national animal is the Drapoel shoveler, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Kurosite Thought, and its currency is the kuro.

Dra-pol is ranked 2nd in A Modern World and 3,294th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 67 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and