NationStates | The Friendly Neighbor of Markdegrey

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Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights: Some	Economy: Frightening	Political Freedoms: Outlawed

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: The North Pacific

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The Friendly Neighbor of Markdegrey is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Your BFF with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.415 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 74%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining industries.

The country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, elections have been outlawed, immigrant herding has become a national pastime, and prosecutors routinely call transplant doctors as 'expert witnesses' in burglary cases. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Markdegrey's national animal is the Mushroom, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is All Praise Mark, and its currency is the Bean.

Markdegrey is ranked 670th in The North Pacific and 14,999th in the world for Most Authoritarian, with 1.57 Stalins.

Top 1% of The North Pacific for Largest Agricultural Sector Top 5% of the world for Largest Agricultural Sector Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens Top 5% of The North Pacific for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens Top 5% of the world for Most Avoided Top 5% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry Top 1% of The North Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments Top 5% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments Top 5% of the world for Shortest Average Lifespan Top 10% of the world for Largest Defense Forces Top 5% of The North Pacific for Largest Defense Forces Top 5% of the world for Fastest-Growing Economies Top 5% of the world for Lowest Unemployment Rates Top 1% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements Top 5% of the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector Top 5% of the world for Most Godforsaken Top 10% of The North Pacific for Largest Public Sector Top 10% of the world for Largest Public Sector Top 5% of The North Pacific for Most Dedicated Public Healthcare Top 5% of the world for Most Dedicated Public Healthcare Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens Top 1% of The North Pacific for Most Influential Top 1% of the world for Most Influential Top 5% of the world for Largest Insurance Industry Top 5% of The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates Top 5% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates Top 5% of the world for Highest Police Ratios Top 10% of The North Pacific for Largest Populations Top 5% of the world for Rudest Citizens Top 10% of the world for Safest Top 5% of the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector Top 5% of The North Pacific for Stupidest Citizens Top 5% of the world for Stupidest Citizens