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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 1,207thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,450thMost Advanced Public Transport: 2,687th
The Rogue State of
Father Knows Best State
The only problem violence can really solve is violence.
James LaRouge
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Minister of Agitprop
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Bonnie Blue Republic

Population15.397 billion

CapitalGemstone Island
LeaderJames LaRouge
FaithConmunism

CurrencyGemstone Pound
Animalcopperhead

The Rogue State of Bonnie Blue Republic is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by James LaRouge with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 15.397 billion Bonnie Blues 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.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gemstone Island. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bonnie Blue Republician economy, worth a remarkable 3,249 trillion Gemstone Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 211,072 Gemstone Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, and the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bonnie Blue Republic's national animal is the copperhead, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Conmunism.

Bonnie Blue Republic is ranked 20,267th in the world and 32nd in Lands End for Lowest Crime Rates, with 89.49 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 1,207thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,450thMost Advanced Public Transport: 2,687thTop
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Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,652ndHighest Economic Output: 6,522ndLargest Manufacturing Sector: 7,049thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,245thHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,226thLargest Information Technology Sector: 9,055thLargest Governments: 9,660thMost Subsidized Industry: 9,875thMost Secular: 9,878thLargest Publishing Industry: 14,008thTop
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Smartest Citizens: 14,985thLongest Average Lifespans: 15,471stLargest Mining Sector: 18,822ndMost Efficient Economies: 18,835thLowest Crime Rates: 20,267thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 20,676thMost Cultured: 20,918thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 25,098thLargest Populations: 25,695thFattest Citizens: 28,087th
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 3rd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 5th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 6th in the regionLargest Populations: 8th in the regionTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 10th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 11th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 16th in the regionLargest Governments: 16th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 17th in the region

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