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“God is my help, my judge, my saviour.”

The Dominion of Koguryo-Parthia is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Prime Minister Adel Choi with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.603 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Healthcare and Education are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deshler. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, and houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem. Koguryo-Parthia's national animal is the red dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Catholicism, and its currency is the duchna.

Koguryo-Parthia is ranked 28th in the region and 51,750th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.