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Largest Gambling Industry: 8,974thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 9,087thLargest Populations: 13,560th
The Queen's State of
Corporate Bordello
Information
Influence
Powerbroker
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Thriving
Political Freedom
World Benchmark

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Info

Population21.698 billion

Currencybetale
Animaldeer

The Queen's State of Info is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its complete lack of public education, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 21.698 billion Infoans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Industry is also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The thriving Infoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,125 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 51,850 betales, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 284,793 per year while the poor average 4,798, a ratio of 59.4 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, all tariffs have been abolished, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Info's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Info is ranked 135,486th in the world and 2nd in Guayas for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Largest Gambling Industry: 8,974thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 9,087thLargest Populations: 13,560thLeast Corrupt Governments: 14,595thTop
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Most Stationary: 19,236thHighest Economic Output: 25,636thFattest Citizens: 25,683rdMost Pro-Market: 26,317thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 29,343rd

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Info was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Info was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides.
  • : Info was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Info's influence in Guayas fell from "Power" to "Powerbroker".
  • : Info's influence in Guayas rose from "Powerbroker" to "Power".
  • : Info was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Info's influence in Guayas fell from "Power" to "Powerbroker".
  • : Info's influence in Guayas rose from "Powerbroker" to "Power".
  • : Info's influence in Guayas fell from "Power" to "Powerbroker".
  • : Info was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.

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