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Healthiest Citizens: 2,267thLongest Average Lifespans: 2,813thLowest Crime Rates: 3,222nd
The Wooded Land of
Corrupt Dictatorship
We are the forest, and the forest are we.
Influence
Nipper
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Konar

Population17.571 billion

CapitalEmswe
LeaderBluie
FaithAtheism

Currencychuka
Animaltersik

The Wooded Land of Konar is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Bluie with an iron fist, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.571 billion Konarians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emswe. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Konarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,311 trillion chukas a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,539 chukas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, 90% of active duty KAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones, army rations are served on silver platters, and student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned tersikball fields. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Konar's national animal is the tersik, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Konar is ranked 256,989th in the world and 9,195th in Balder for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 43.47 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.

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Healthiest Citizens: 2,267thLongest Average Lifespans: 2,813thTop
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Lowest Crime Rates: 3,222ndBest Weather: 3,626thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,473rdMost Secular: 4,515thMost Developed: 5,059thMost Advanced Public Education: 5,176thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 5,427thMost Corrupt Governments: 6,343rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 6,352ndMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 6,909thSmartest Citizens: 8,095thMost Pacifist: 8,380thLargest Information Technology Sector: 8,701stMost Inclusive: 9,109thMost Beautiful Environments: 10,157thHighest Average Tax Rates: 10,238thHighest Economic Output: 10,327thLargest Governments: 11,660thHighest Food Quality: 11,792ndHighest Poor Incomes: 12,862ndMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 14,067thTop
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Most Scientifically Advanced: 17,416thLargest Agricultural Sector: 17,720thMost Subsidized Industry: 20,776thLargest Populations: 20,956thMost Income Equality: 26,543rdLargest Publishing Industry: 26,627th
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Healthiest Citizens: 89th in the regionTop
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Longest Average Lifespans: 113th in the regionBest Weather: 155th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 160th in the regionMost Secular: 233rd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 239th in the regionMost Developed: 243rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 252nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 289th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 351st in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 362nd in the regionSmartest Citizens: 396th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 428th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 430th in the regionMost Inclusive: 450th in the regionMost Pacifist: 493rd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 523rd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 544th in the regionTop
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Most Beautiful Environments: 581st in the regionLargest Populations: 593rd in the regionLargest Governments: 622nd in the regionHighest Food Quality: 632nd in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 731st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 807th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 919th in the regionMost Income Equality: 1,015th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1,028th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Konar's influence in Balder rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Inclusive, Most Developed, Most World Assembly Endorsements, Highest Economic Output, and Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : Konar's influence in Balder rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
  • : Konar's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Konar's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Konar was refounded in Balder.
  • : Konar ceased to exist in Osiris.
  • : Konar was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Dead and Most Zombies.
  • : Konar's influence in Osiris rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".

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