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Highest Drug Use: 182ndLargest Gambling Industry: 217thHighest Crime Rates: 357th
The Hound of
Anarchy
Free as the wind. :)
Influence
Eminence Grise
Pooch
Civil Rights
Superb
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Excessive

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The Baskervilles

Population32.162 billion

CapitalBaskerville Hall

Currencypound
Animalhound

The Hound of The Baskervilles is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 32.162 billion Baskervillesians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, outspoken individuals juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Baskerville Hall. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Baskervillesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,359 trillion pounds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is highly specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 73,354 pounds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 492,713 per year while the poor average 4,087, a ratio of 120 to 1.

Pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects, the lactose-intolerant are force-fed cheese products with predictably gassy results, aeroplane cockpits no longer have altimeters or airspeed indicators, and the government says that Possession is nine-tenths of the Lore. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Baskervilles's national animal is the hound, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Baskervilles is ranked 307,072nd in the world and 12th in The Featured Region Followers for Lowest Crime Rates, with 2.44 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Highest Drug Use: 182ndLargest Gambling Industry: 217thHighest Crime Rates: 357thMost Armed: 396thMost Avoided: 906thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,157thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1,367thMost Rebellious Youth: 1,597thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,362ndFattest Citizens: 3,021stTop
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Largest Populations: 3,433rdGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 3,603rdRudest Citizens: 4,378thLargest Publishing Industry: 4,672ndHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 5,901stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 9,004thHighest Economic Output: 9,837thLargest Retail Industry: 14,512thHighest Disposable Incomes: 14,874thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 16,761stNudest: 19,187thMost Cultured: 20,015thMost Politically Free: 26,784thMost Devout: 28,587th
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Rudest Citizens: 1st in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionHighest Drug Use: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the region

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