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Is living there pleasant? Probably not, but we know everyone is watched by the government, but we also it's been debunked that it's a distopian hellhole where the worst crimes of humanity occur. It is a Monarchy traditionally, and behaves closer to one rather than a third-world dictatorship. So I would speculate modern serfdom to the state.
It is honestly impressive they've been able to succeed as much as they have since the Korean War. It was predicted by most US media that they would collapse within 10 years with NATO sanctions, and since China wasn't was a dominant superpower yet, NATO thought they couldn't succeed. Somehow they've scrapped by. Are the citizens happy? I have no idea.