Flag of Kargham
The Armed Republic of Kargham is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by arch with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.23 billion Karghamians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Duron city. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The powerhouse Karghamian economy, worth 152 trillion dollar a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 124,285 dollar, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.
Billions are being spent on a new island airport, the government funds large training centres to turn tigers into functioning members of society, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kargham's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.