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“We love our Leader, our Leader has no opinion about us”

The Glorious Republic of Falkasia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Premier Vladimir Kazyenko with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, cynical population of 3.732 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ekaterine. The average income tax rate is 100%. A small private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Falkasia's national animal is the Imperial Falcon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Falkasian dinar.

Falkasia is ranked 21st in the region and 7,395th in the world for Largest Basket Weaving Sector.