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The Toxic Garbage Island of Impenyer is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The King of Town with an iron fist, and notable for its suspicion of poets. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.108 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt individuals is mainly concerned with Defence, although Law & Order and Education are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Chemical Plant Zone. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Teenage fathers are forced to join the army, loans are available for students from poor families, poets and writers are regularly rounded up and shot for entertainment, and a government program is underway to revitalize Impenyer's beaches. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Impenyer's national animal is the Godzilla, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Mastication, and its currency is the List of attributes.

Impenyer is ranked 72nd in the region and 6,229th in the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.