Location: Lazarus

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The Grand Holy Imperial Empire of General Mike is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Imperial Uber Kaisfuhrer Mike with an iron fist, and notable for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 14.794 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 devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mikegrad. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, artists are pillars of society, the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, and the people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. General Mike's national animal is the Vietcong, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is some sort of cult, and its currency is the hyperinflated dollar.

General Mike is ranked 3,662nd in Lazarus and 101,576th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -22 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and