Popular Tourist Attractions in the DIO

This article lists some of the most popular tourist attractions and events held in the DIO.

## Popular events

### Monthly Executions

Each month, a public execution is held in the WMD testing area/death row. Citizens may purchase a ticket for Đ10 and identification of next of kin, but tourists from outside of the country must pay Đ15, identify next of kin, and sign a waiver to receive a ticket. In the event that the DIO does not have a prisoner eligible for execution, a citizen of a foreign country who has broken any of the DIO laws will be arrested and executed.

### Annual IRL Hangman Tournament

The Annual IRL Hangman Tournament is an event held each year in Up. Similar to normal hangman, participants attempt to figre out a word or phrase by guessing letters. If a guessed letter in not in the word or phrase, a body part is added to the gallows. The participent loses the game when the body if fully created. The IRL Hangman Tournament has been canceled this year due to lack of spare body parts.

### The Bi-annual Chili Cook-off

Perhaps one of the most controversial of the popular tourist events, the bi-annual chili cook-off is an event in which participants cook a pot of chili using personal recipes and submit the chili for taste-testing by professional judges. The winner of the chili cook-off recieves a blue ribbon award and their chili is given a promotion by the Glorious Comrade Leader Man Stalin. This event is extremely controversial among DIO citizens as it is yet to be decided on whether bi-annual means every two years or twice every year.

### Competitive Fire-Building

The Competitive Fire-Building competition is an event in which various participants compete to build fires using tinder, kindling, firewood, and matches. The fires are judged based on multiple categories, including heat, brightness, size, and how quickly the fire was built. At the end of the competition, the participant with the lowest score is burned alive in the fire that had the highest score. Afterward, it is custom to roast marshmallows and make s'mores.

### Monthly Sun Launch

Each month, the DIO government prepares the Sun Launcher to launch various items into the sun. After the event begins, participants have 3 hours to put any items they wish to get rid of into the Sun Launcher. At the end of the 3 hours, all items are launched into the Sun, regardless of anything or anybody that was unable to make it out of the Sun Launcher before the end of the 3 hours.

### Weekly Military Parades

Each week, a State-sponsored military parade is held in the Capital. Generally, these parades focus on one branch of the military, with the best 0.05% of that branch participating in the parade. As such, these parades typically have hundreds of millions of soldiers, if not billions. These parades are held on weekends, allowing for school students to attend them, and DIO stores often hold sales during the parade. A calender of when each branch of the military will hold a parade can be found on the DIO government website.

## Sports

### Bullet Tag

The National Sport of the DIO is Bullet Tag. The mechanics of the game are very similar to that of "Laser Tag", which is more popular in other countries. However, instead of harmless lasers, Bullet Tag is played with, as one would guess, bullets. This helps add more tension to the sport. The sport of Bullet Tag has inspired multiple works of fiction outside the DIO, such as the popular book and movie series "The Hunger Games".

Bullet Tag was once also an Olympic Sport, but after a the first year of its implementation in the 1956 Summer Olympics, the DIO was quickly banned from participating in the Olympic Games, and the sport was swiftly removed from all further Olympic matches. The reason for this, as said by B█████ S███, a member of the DIO Bullet Tag team for the 1956 Summer Olympics, is that the other participants were "weaklings".

### Monthly Tank Races

The monthly Tank Races take place through "blocked-off" streets in the DIO's capital. While there are divisions for professional Tank racers, there are also smaller competitions held where civilians can try their hand in Tank races.

## Popular Tourist Attractions

### [REDACTED]-Foot-Tall Statue of Lenin

Located in northern Capital State, the [REDACTED]-foot-tall statue of Lenin is a large statue of Vladimir Lenin made of a Stalinite-gold alloy. The statue was created in 1875 to commemorate Lenin's contributions to the global communist revolution, as well as his creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. By popular demand, bright red LED lights have been added to the statues eyes and set to turn on every night.

### Statue of Darth Vader

The Statue of Darth Vader is located in State #57. Composed of a combination of a Stalinite-zirconium alloy and iron, the statue is based off of a popular fictional character from a series of books written in 1917. The statue was officially unveiled in 1976. The statue of Darth Vader is thought to have inspired the popular series "Star Wars",

### The Stalin of the Lake

The Stalin of the Lake is a statue of unknown height located in a Lake [REDACTED]. The statue is believed to be made of a Stalinite-iron alloy. According to most accounts, the Stalin of the Lake is shaped like former USSR leader Joseph Stalin. However, it is yet to be confirmed if it is a statue of Stalin's entire body or if it is only his upper half, as nobody has seen more than the top 0.5 m. of the statue. It is currently unknown where the statue came from, how it got to the lake, or when it first appeared.

### The National Museums of Communism

The National Museums of Communism are a set of seven museums about the different forms of communism, as well as the important people and nations related to communism. The museums are a popular field trip destination for primary and secondary schools.

### National Museum of Weapons

The National Museum of Weapons is a large museum dedicated entirely to different types of weapons. These weapons range from archaic weapons such as ancient clubs to modern weapons such as WUMDs. The museum is famous for its education program that teaches students abouts some of the nation's greatest and most influential WMDs.

1. ↑ Not to be confused with the slightly less popular Lake [DATA EXPUNGED]