Location: The Land of Kings and Emperors

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The Empire of Onderkelkia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Hamilton with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 14.002 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, moralistic, pro-business individuals is mainly concerned with Defence, although Law & Order and Commerce are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Inginas. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Uranium Mining industries.

A survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high, the nation has recently been attributed to the funding of terrorist organisations, society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy, and vets have been drafted in to help "fix" those who fail the parental license exam. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Onderkelkia's national animal is the Imperial Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is worshipping Zeus and Hades, and its currency is the Sovereign.

Onderkelkia is ranked 719th in The Land of Kings and Emperors and 130,737th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with -14 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and