[ WP ] North Korea has been liberated and people are exploring parts of the country for the first time . But what they find is nothing like they expect .

After the successful dismantling of dictatorships in the Middle East and Africa, the attention of the Global Liberation Army turned to the hermit state. Rag-tag but battle hardened troops of the world ’ s largest ever combined military and paramilitary force swept into North Korea with the speed and ferocity of a tropical storm. There was no resistance. There were hardly any people. 
 
 Upon investigation, it was found that the North Korean resistance to the west, capitalism in particular, was real. However, the brutal regime under which the people supposedly lived was not. It was true that they were a communist country, but this time it had worked. The people of North Korea had seen a world that they did not want to participate in, and thus had walled themselves off. 
 
 Unbeknownst to many, the people of North Korea had been building a large number of small underground communities. These communities were almost entirely self-governed; however a council of representatives from each community formed a council of communist community states. This council, rather than directing how each community would function, served to run the great ruse projected to the rest of the world. Each member of a community would serve five separate years as an actor on the surface, in some cases earning foreign money by logging in Siberia, so that the ruse could be financed. Some people who wanted to leave and see the world were given horrifying stories to spread, so that nobody would come and disturb the peace. 
 
 The people of the North Korean underground lived in a manner similar to the Amish of America. New technologies were implemented only with full consent of the community. Hard work and community values were prized, in the true spirit of communism. Communism had worked here due to its segmented nature, where each community was almost wholly responsible for itself. 
 
 As is the case in many occupations, the ways and values of the native inhabitants are now being eroded. For the first time in years, Korea is whole again. The South Korean government has been installed as the governing body for all of Korea. The people of North Korea are now in the care of a government that is not concerned about their desire for a simple, peaceful life. North Korea has indeed been liberated, but it has been liberated from the desires of the native people, rather than from a brutal regime. 
 
 The first McDonalds will soon be built in the hermit state. A symbol of freedom and progress.
