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The Theocracy of Rokkenheim is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.084 billion 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 Religion & Spirituality, Law & Order, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Doggenheim. The average income tax rate is 84%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining.

Poets and writers are regularly rounded up and shot for entertainment, anti-environmentalist protesters are gunned down without mercy, refugees from other nations are flocking to Rokkenheim's border, and elected officials often serve for decades in a single term. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Rokkenheim's national animal is the Doggod, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Arkha.

Rokkenheim is ranked 5th in Alcatraz and 81,840th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -18 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and