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Most Avoided: 18,129thMost Valuable International Artwork: 18,257thMost Devout: 20,812th
The Loving Couple of
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-OfficialCouple-

Population4.557 billion

CapitalBoiling Isles
LeaderKing
FaithCards

Currencysnail
Animalowl

The Loving Couple of -OfficialCouple- is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by King with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 4.557 billion -OfficialCouple-ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boiling Isles. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.5%.

The powerhouse -OfficialCouple-ian economy, worth 410 trillion snails a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,104 snails, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 272,349 per year while the poor average 23,211, a ratio of 11.7 to 1.

Boot polish is the favourite lip gloss of entry-level corporate workers, the cancellation of "The Real Vixens of Boiling Isles" has been described as a real blow for entertainment, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, and equality looks curiously unequal. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -OfficialCouple-'s national animal is the owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cards.

-OfficialCouple- is ranked 84,490th in the world and 40th in Catlandatopia for Most Stationary, with 556.8344700146 days.

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Most Avoided: 18,129thMost Valuable International Artwork: 18,257thMost Devout: 20,812thLargest Retail Industry: 22,259thLargest Black Market: 24,332ndLargest Information Technology Sector: 27,504thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 28,689thMost Pacifist: 29,359thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 29,640th
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionMost Pacifist: 1st in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionMost Inclusive: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionMost Devout: 2nd in the regionRudest Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Patriotic: 2nd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 2nd in the regionMost Developed: 2nd in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 2nd in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 2nd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Conservative: 3rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 3rd in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 3rd in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 3rd in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 4th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 4th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 4th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in -OfficialCouple-, equality looks curiously unequal.
  • : Following new legislation in -OfficialCouple-, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly.
  • : Following new legislation in -OfficialCouple-, the cancellation of "The Real Vixens of Boiling Isles" has been described as a real blow for entertainment.
  • : Following new legislation in -OfficialCouple-, boot polish is the favourite lip gloss of entry-level corporate workers.
  • : -OfficialCouple- was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extensive Public Healthcare.
  • : Following new legislation in -OfficialCouple-, fur coats have become the latest fashion trend.
  • : Following new legislation in -OfficialCouple-, an enormous health awareness programme is underway.
  • : Following new legislation in -OfficialCouple-, anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit.
  • : Following new legislation in -OfficialCouple-, nobody brings rolls of coins to the laundromat anymore.
  • : -OfficialCouple- was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Pacifist.

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