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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 15,792ndHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 17,846th
The Dominion of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Influence
Sprat
Civil Rights
Very Good
Economy
Reasonable
Political Freedom
Rare

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Higgins Road

Population11.104 billion

CurrencyEuro
AnimalZebra

The Dominion of Higgins Road is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy and punitive income tax rates. The cynical population of 11.104 billion Higgins Roadians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 61.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Higgins Roadian economy, worth 343 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, Retail, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 30,921 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Higgins Road's national animal is the Zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Higgins Road is ranked 214,333rd in the world and 3,621st in Artificial Solar System for Most Patriotic, with 5.2 flags saluted per person per day.

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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 15,792ndHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 17,846th
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 58th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 111th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 152nd in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 249th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 303rd in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 363rd in the regionMost Cultured: 365th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 368th in the regionLargest Populations: 368th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 391st in the regionLargest Black Market: 407th in the region

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