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Highest Crime Rates: 1,562ndMost Avoided: 2,918thLargest Black Market: 3,537th
The 14 of
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Rise Up!
Influence
Hatchling
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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14

Population22.869 billion

CurrencyGold
AnimalElephant

The 14 of 14 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 22.869 billion 14ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.0%.

The frighteningly efficient 14ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,000 trillion Golds 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, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. 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 87,463 Golds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 408,230 per year while the poor average 11,216, a ratio of 36.4 to 1.

Tie-dye has been outlawed for being 'too occult', the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat, one does not simply walk into the tundra, and unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. 14's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

14 is ranked 22,832nd in the world and 1,203rd in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 87 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.

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Highest Crime Rates: 1,562ndMost Avoided: 2,918thTop
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Largest Black Market: 3,537thMost Rebellious Youth: 6,901stNudest: 7,285thLargest Populations: 11,482ndMost Armed: 12,243rdHighest Economic Output: 12,268thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 12,332ndMost Advanced Defense Forces: 12,469thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 13,201stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 13,749thMost Subsidized Industry: 13,935thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 14,661stTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 15,968thMost Corrupt Governments: 17,174thMost Patriotic: 17,498thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 18,283rdMost Cultured: 22,832ndLargest Publishing Industry: 23,290thMost Devout: 25,126thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 27,772nd
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Highest Crime Rates: 98th in the regionTop
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Most Avoided: 174th in the regionLargest Black Market: 207th in the regionLargest Populations: 312th in the regionNudest: 339th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 375th in the regionTop
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Highest Economic Output: 657th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 718th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 718th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 719th in the regionMost Armed: 766th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 876th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 895th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 916th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 936th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1,032nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1,116th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 1,163rd in the regionMost Cultured: 1,203rd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1,233rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : 14's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : 14's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : 14 was refounded in Balder.
  • : 14 ceased to exist in Lazarus.
  • : 14 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Avoided.
  • : 14's influence in Lazarus rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : 14's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : 14 was refounded in Lazarus.
  • : 14 ceased to exist in Qatar.
  • : 14 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Avoided.

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