Kim Jong-il was the primary antagonist of Team America: World Police. He was the former leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Team America's arch-nemesis. Due to the many controversies in his real-life rule, Jong-il was the continual target of parody and satire — one of the most famous examples of which was the altered version of Jong-il seen in Team America: World Police. In real life, Jong-il produced and tested nuclear weaponry while North Korea's economy was dissolving and the country's population suffered a famine.