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The Dominion of The Isle of Carlsbean is a huge, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 871 million 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it 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 Carlsbean. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 83%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Gambling.

Nervous homeowners have been blamed for rising death rates amongst carol singers and locksmiths, smoking is banned in public areas, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites. Crime is a serious problem. The Isle of Carlsbean's national animal is the Carlsbean, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the carlsbean.

The Isle of Carlsbean is ranked 1st in Internet Box CHAT and 25,039th in the world for Most Authoritarian, with 1 Stalins.

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