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The Holy Empire of Sapphire Meteor is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its cynical population of 12 million are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
"The Dictatorship of RandomThoughts is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its compassionate, cynical population of 10 million 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.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Social Welfare, although Education and Healthcare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 40%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Automobile Manufacturing.
Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. RandomThoughts's national animal is the Thoughts, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Random.
RandomThoughts is ranked 2nd in Awesomesauce Landia and 13,243rd in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index."