I found this article to be interesting, particularly the description at the end of North Korea. The regime seems to be very much more than just a mere rogue nation-state... what's the word I'm looking for? Could it be Gadiantan-state?
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams