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“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes”

The Permanent Secretary of Humphrey Appleby is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Sir Arnold Robinson with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.128 billion 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 concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Defence and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Whitehall. The average income tax rate is 66%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales industries.

Skateparks can be found in every city, the public are free to vote for whomever the government wants in office, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Humphrey Appleby's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the pound sterling.

Humphrey Appleby is ranked 6th in the region and 6,069th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.