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Generate a 16:9 photorealistic cover image (2 megapixels) for a serious investigative documentary on "The Deep State" — networks of unelected power that override democratic governance. The mood is foreboding, vast, institutional — like a John le Carré novel cover or a high-end investigative journalism feature. This is sober reportage, not propaganda or conspiracy aesthetics.

Central composition: a massive cross-section iceberg occupying the central 70% of the frame. The visible tip above the waterline shows a small, brightly lit neoclassical government building — a marble Capitol-style dome and columned facade — representing the elected, public face of governance. Above water the lighting is cold daylight with a thin rim of crimson sunset. Below the waterline, the iceberg expands enormously into a vast subterranean bureaucratic city: stacked levels of marble corridors fading into shadowy server rooms, cubicle warrens, vault doors, lobbying office suites, defense-contractor floors with weapon silhouettes, banking floors with brushed-steel cages, and surveillance command centers lit by blue monitor glow. The submerged levels are interconnected by glowing fiber-optic strands and dark threads suggesting unseen control. Subtle tension wires resembling marionette strings descend from above-water down through the dome — gloved hands at the very top edge of the frame, partially out of view, holding the strings. Avoid showing any faces.

Scattered visual symbols woven into the lower iceberg: a chessboard balcony where gloved hands move pieces; an organizational chart on a wall with several nodes redacted as black bars; revolving glass doors between an "Agency" wing and a "Corporation" wing with figures mid-rotation as silhouettes; surveillance camera domes mounted on every interior arch; a stack of sealed manila folders stamped with abstract circular emblems (NOT real agency seals — invent generic shield-and-laurel shapes); rows of dark monitors showing data streams. Include faint blueprint-style schematics ghosted onto the walls.

Color palette: cold steel grays, deep institutional blacks, navy shadows, the water rendered as opaque dark teal-black. Single accent of crimson — used sparingly on a thin horizon line, a ribbon of light, and one warning lamp deep in the bureaucratic city. Lighting is government-corridor noir: hard top-down fluorescents inside the structures, low ambient elsewhere, deep chiaroscuro. Heavy atmospheric haze in the deep underwater levels.

At the bottom 8% of the frame, render a polished embossed bronze-and-charcoal plaque, integrated as if mounted on the iceberg base. The plaque text reads exactly: holonhq.com/Deep_State. The text must be sharp, clearly readable, centered, in a serious slab-serif typeface, with subtle metallic embossing and slight wear.

Strict avoidances: do NOT depict any specific real official, politician, or recognizable likeness. Do NOT render any real government agency seal (CIA, FBI, NSA, etc.) — only abstracted invented shield emblems. Do NOT include swastikas, hammer-and-sickle, Stars of David, crosses, all-seeing-eye pyramids, Masonic symbols, or any extremist, religious, or ethnic iconography. No text other than the plaque. No watermarks. No cartoonish elements. No lens flares. No fantasy creatures.

Style: photorealistic, cinematic, shallow depth of field on the dome above water, deep focus through the underwater structure. Resolution sharp and detailed. Aspect 16:9, 2 megapixels.