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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 5,808thLargest Welfare Programs: 5,943rdMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 7,082nd
The Imperial States of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Ten thousand worlds in a single moment of thought.
Influence
Hatchling
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Few

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Hanafuridake

Population7.607 billion

CapitalHanajima
LeaderRao Kou Ō
FaithShingon

Currencyyen
Animalwolf

The Imperial States of Hanafuridake is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Rao Kou Ō with an iron fist, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 7.607 billion Hanajins 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 government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Defense, and Welfare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hanajima. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Hanafuridakean economy, worth 859 trillion yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 113,049 yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Hanafuridakean as 'your finger, you fool', attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, the government is more interested in identifying problems than fixing them, and court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hanafuridake's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shingon.

Hanafuridake is ranked 10,106th in the world and 555th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 118 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 5,808thLargest Welfare Programs: 5,943rdMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 7,082ndLargest Publishing Industry: 7,359thMost Advanced Public Education: 8,883rdMost Beautiful Environments: 9,055thBest Weather: 9,493rdHealthiest Citizens: 9,738thHighest Average Tax Rates: 9,910thMost Cultured: 10,106thLongest Average Lifespans: 10,131stSafest: 10,178thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 11,027thMost Pacifist: 11,191stHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 11,560thSmartest Citizens: 13,362ndMost Compassionate Citizens: 13,493rdMost Advanced Public Transport: 13,991stNicest Citizens: 15,002ndTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 15,349thLowest Crime Rates: 15,734thLargest Governments: 16,666thHighest Food Quality: 16,735thMost Scientifically Advanced: 17,585thLargest Information Technology Sector: 17,988thMost Devout: 19,627thHighest Poor Incomes: 19,630thMost Patriotic: 20,260thMost Developed: 20,386thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 27,910th
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Largest Welfare Programs: 305th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 327th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 390th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 417th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 518th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 523rd in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 529th in the regionMost Cultured: 555th in the regionBest Weather: 557th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 578th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 593rd in the regionSafest: 609th in the regionTop
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Most Pacifist: 664th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 686th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 694th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 764th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 773rd in the regionNicest Citizens: 849th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 909th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 928th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 989th in the regionLargest Governments: 1,053rd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 1,121st in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1,134th in the regionMost Devout: 1,179th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,227th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Hanafuridake was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nicest Citizens.
  • : Hanafuridake's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Hanafuridake was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Nicest Citizens.
  • : Hanafuridake's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Hanafuridake changed its national motto to "Ten thousand worlds in a single moment of thought.".
  • : Hanafuridake altered its national flag.
  • : Hanafuridake changed its national faith to "Shingon" and its motto to "Dharma takes many guises but has one flavor".
  • : Hanafuridake was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : Hanafuridake ceased to exist in Balder.
  • : Hanafuridake's influence in Balder rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".

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