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The Friendly Neighbor of Markdegrey

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Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Below Average
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Unheard Of

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: The North Pacific

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The Friendly Neighbor of Markdegrey is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Your BFF with an iron fist, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.093 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of PB and J. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling industries.

Major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, the new hit series "Markdegrey's Got Trauma" has corporate executives fleeing the country, and the police have been swamped with requests to stay up past bedtime. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Markdegrey's national animal is the Mushroom, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Just Be, and its currency is the Bean.

Markdegrey is ranked 71st in The North Pacific and 3,293rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity: 1 day 3 hours ago

  • 15 hours ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, the police have been swamped with requests to stay up past bedtime.
  • 15 hours ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, the new hit series "Markdegrey's Got Trauma" has corporate executives fleeing the country.
  • 2 days 3 hours ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes.
  • 2 days 15 hours ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day.
  • 3 days 15 hours ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, tourists outnumber citizens two to one.
  • 3 days 15 hours ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, the government seizes all major gold finds.
  • 4 days ago: Markdegrey endorsed The Kingdom of Casal Centeio.
  • 5 days ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, military spending is on the increase.
  • 5 days ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, the breathalyser pledge is a traditional part of marriages in Markdegrey.
  • 5 days ago: Following new legislation in Markdegrey, a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high.

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