The Republic of Bontebergs is a massive, pleasant nation, renowned for its burgeoning turtle population. The hard-working, democratic population of 2.9 billion Bontebergsians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The relatively small government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Spirituality, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 14.0%.
The Bontebergsian economy, worth 160 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 55,463 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.
Crime is relatively low. Bontebergs's national animal is the turtle.
Bontebergs is ranked 239,597th in the world and 10,035th in Osiris for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 178.92 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
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Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Bontebergs was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Primitive and the Top 5% for Most Avoided, Most Patriotic, Highest Economic Output, and Highest Average Incomes.
- : Bontebergs's influence in Osiris rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Bontebergs's influence in Osiris rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Bontebergs's influence in Osiris rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Bontebergs was refounded in Osiris.
- : Bontebergs ceased to exist in Lazarus.
- : Bontebergs's influence in Lazarus rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Bontebergs's influence in Lazarus rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Bontebergs's influence in Lazarus rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Bontebergs's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
