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Region: 10000 Islands
The game economically classifies your nation not by how good your economy is (which is what the Trend tab and the "Frightening" economy show) but rather on a socialist-capitalist scale, or economic freedoms in other words. That's why you see so many Democratic Socialists nations with 90+ Economy scores. So you probably regulated the economy or some form of government involvement to have lowered your economic freedoms. The best way to see economic freedom seems to be the "Most Pro-Market" score in Analysis.
In other news, guess who finally joined the WA.