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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 4,694thMost Advanced Public Transport: 4,735thMost Cheerful Citizens: 5,167th
The Allied States of
Democratic Socialists
Fiat justitia (et ruat caelum)
Influence
Minnow
Region
Civil Rights
Good
Economy
Good
Political Freedom
Very Good

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Bocunti

Population11.291 billion

CapitalConcordiate City
LeaderMaximilian Ivens

Currencyscrew
Animalhedgehog

The Allied States of Bocunti is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Maximilian Ivens with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 11.291 billion Bocuntians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Concordiate City. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Bocuntian economy, worth 774 trillion screws a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,574 screws, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back, lavish state dinners in Concordiate City are the state's leading budgetary expenditure, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, and sharks are enjoying their deliveries of canned food. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bocunti's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bocunti is ranked 25,381st in the world and 1,353rd in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 84 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 4,694thMost Advanced Public Transport: 4,735thMost Cheerful Citizens: 5,167thLargest Welfare Programs: 7,965thLeast Corrupt Governments: 8,158thHighest Average Tax Rates: 10,171stNicest Citizens: 10,900thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 11,028thSafest: 12,354thMost Compassionate Citizens: 13,085thBest Weather: 13,138thMost Rebellious Youth: 14,185thTop
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Most Pacifist: 16,375thMost Beautiful Environments: 16,774thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 18,767thLongest Average Lifespans: 21,044thMost Advanced Public Education: 21,150thHealthiest Citizens: 22,709thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 23,738thLargest Governments: 24,062ndMost Cultured: 25,381stLowest Crime Rates: 28,998thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 29,166thHighest Food Quality: 29,351stSmartest Citizens: 29,891st
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Most Cheerful Citizens: 213th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 261st in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 282nd in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 409th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 426th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 541st in the regionNicest Citizens: 558th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 607th in the regionTop
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Safest: 665th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 711th in the regionBest Weather: 730th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 775th in the regionMost Pacifist: 922nd in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 981st in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 994th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 1,123rd in the regionLargest Populations: 1,234th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 1,261st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Food Quality.
  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
  • : Bocunti's influence in Balder rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Food Quality.
  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : Bocunti was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth.

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