Location: Osiris

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The Democratic Republic of Northern Chenko is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Choi Song with an iron fist, and remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 10.109 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hwangbo. The average income tax rate is 100%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

northern kites with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', and the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Northern Chenko after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Chenko's national animal is the northern kite, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the northern los.

Northern Chenko is ranked 773rd in Osiris and 36,068th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 146 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and