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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 2ndLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5th
The Indomitable Borderlands of
Compulsory Consumerist State
The Paragon of Corporate Power and Style since 2002.
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The Grendels

Population46.641 billion

CapitalHackleburg
LeaderWarleader Yarooo

CurrencyGolden Bond
Animalthe Dire Bear

The Indomitable Borderlands of The Grendels is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Warleader Yarooo with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, smutty television, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 46.641 billion Grendels are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hackleburg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Grendelsian economy, worth an astonishing 43,499 trillion Golden Bonds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is a breathtaking 932,655 Golden Bonds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 8,737,488 per year while the poor average 8,368, a ratio of 1,044 to 1.

Just as students finish their homework it's time for school, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, East Lebatuck tests its moon rovers in the barren wasteland of rural The Grendels, and only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Grendels's national animal is the the Dire Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Grendels is ranked 285,611th in the world and 62nd in Wysteria for Safest, scoring 1.64 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 2ndLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 6thHighest Disposable Incomes: 7thHighest Economic Output: 8thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 10thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 16thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 16thLargest Insurance Industry: 18thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 21stLargest Populations: 23rdLargest Gambling Industry: 25thHighest Average Incomes: 25thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 31stMost Avoided: 31stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 34thMost Armed: 37thMost Efficient Economies: 40thLargest Agricultural Sector: 44thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 47thLargest Mining Sector: 47thFattest Citizens: 64thMost Scientifically Advanced: 87thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 99thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 108thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 146thHighest Crime Rates: 157thMost Secular: 168thSmartest Citizens: 240thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 322ndMost Corrupt Governments: 332ndLargest Publishing Industry: 380thRudest Citizens: 579thLargest Retail Industry: 581stLargest Information Technology Sector: 725thMost Cultured: 821stTop
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Largest Governments: 3,510thMost Rebellious Youth: 5,052ndMost Influential: 6,653rdLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 8,014thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 9,263rdLargest Black Market: 10,253rdMost Stationary: 12,143rdTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 15,338thMost Subsidized Industry: 16,705thMost Pro-Market: 28,445th
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Armed: 2nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2nd in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 2nd in the regionMost Secular: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 3rd in the regionMost Avoided: 3rd in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 3rd in the regionFattest Citizens: 3rd in the regionLargest Populations: 3rd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 3rd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 3rd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 3rd in the regionTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 4th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 5th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the regionRudest Citizens: 5th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 5th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes, Most Avoided, Most Scientifically Advanced, Highest Average Incomes, and Highest Economic Output.
  • : The Grendels lodged a message on the Wysteria Regional Message Board.
  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : The Grendels was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market.

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