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The Grand Duchy of Mackemnation is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 193 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 57%. A large private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Shanty towns are forming in the suburbs of major cities, loans are available for students from poor families, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied black cat, and the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mackemnation's national animal is the black cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Pound.

Mackemnation is ranked 261st in the region and 9,241st in the world for Most Godforsaken.