The Silly Democracy of HarlHarl is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.199 billion HarlHarlians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The all-consuming HarlHarlian economy, worth 107 trillion Cheeses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 89,924 Cheeses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Leader's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards, the big red machine has ground to a halt, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, and the government maintains a Department of Skulduggery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HarlHarl's national animal is the Kraken, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.
HarlHarl is ranked 312,429th in the world and 1,385th in Europe for Nicest Citizens, with 0.76 average smiles per day.
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HarlHarl was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
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HarlHarl, the government maintains a Department of Skulduggery.
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HarlHarl, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust.
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HarlHarl, the big red machine has ground to a halt.
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HarlHarl, Leader's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards.
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HarlHarl, citizens can freely debate whether Leader is a great leader or the greatest leader.
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HarlHarl, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets.
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HarlHarl, military recruitment numbers are down as citizens object on 'moral grounds'.
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HarlHarl, education is transforming people into first-rate snobs.
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HarlHarl, some HarlHarlians have nicknamed the monarch "Caligula".