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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 440thMost Rebellious Youth: 2,168thLargest Populations: 6,684th
The Spirit of
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
your best friend and your biggest enemy
Influence
Newcomer
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Few

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Alcohol

Population26.261 billion

CapitalDeliria
LeaderThe Bottle

Currencypromille
AnimalDelirium

The Spirit of Alcohol is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Bottle with an even hand, and notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, daily referendums, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 26.261 billion Alcoholians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deliria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.2%.

The all-consuming Alcoholian economy, worth a remarkable 3,129 trillion promilles a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 119,183 promilles, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 489,162 per year while the poor average 19,172, a ratio of 25.5 to 1.

The needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead, citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut, Alcohol is increasingly belligerent on the international stage, and economic output is rising as the chronically depressed are persuaded not to burden society. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive. Alcohol's national animal is the Delirium, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alcohol is ranked 100,267th in the world and 3,253rd in Osiris for Most Armed, with 0.43 weapons per person.

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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 440thMost Rebellious Youth: 2,168thTop
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Largest Populations: 6,684thHighest Average Tax Rates: 9,463rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 10,513thMost Cultured: 13,643rdTop
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Best Weather: 14,841stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 15,562ndHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 18,701stLargest Governments: 21,988thMost Devout: 23,408thMost Corrupt Governments: 26,602ndMost Cheerful Citizens: 27,540thSmartest Citizens: 29,593rd
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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 11th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 106th in the regionTop
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Largest Populations: 238th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 542nd in the regionTop
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 574th in the regionMost Cultured: 771st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 799th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 840th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 864th in the regionBest Weather: 871st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Alcohol was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather and the Top 10% for Smartest Citizens.
  • : Alcohol's influence in Osiris rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : Alcohol's influence in Osiris rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Alcohol's influence in Osiris rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Alcohol was refounded in Osiris.
  • : Alcohol ceased to exist in Osiris.
  • : Alcohol was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Alcohol was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather.
  • : Alcohol's influence in Osiris rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Alcohol's influence in Osiris rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".

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