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“All Peoples Are Belong To The Immortal Great Dictator”

The Mega-Great People's Republic of New Ferrium is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Big Brother with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.163 billion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Abortions are carried out secretly in shady backstreet clinics, the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, and all citizens are solely referenced by their allocated identity number. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. New Ferrium's national animal is the Ferrium Bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Athiesm, and its currency is the New Ruble.

New Ferrium is ranked 24th in the region and 48,232nd in the world for Best Weather.