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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 5thLargest Gambling Industry: 76thBest Weather: 442nd
The Issue answerer robots of
Iron Fist Consumerists
It already feels like October
Influence
Sprat
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
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Get real

Population9.101 billion

CapitalRelai
Leaderthe trout
Faithsleeping

Currencyfish
Animalfish

The Issue answerer robots of Get real is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the trout with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, prohibition of alcohol, and exploding hoverboards. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 9.101 billion Realites 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Environment is also considered important, while Social Policy and Education are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Relai. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Realite economy, worth a remarkable 1,669 trillion fish a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 183,391 fish, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,214,743 per year while the poor average 10,644, a ratio of 114 to 1.

Stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor, The Trout's new office has a propensity to catch on fire, parents are fined for sending their children to take out the trash after sunset, and the Relai XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Get real's national animal is the fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is sleeping.

Get real is ranked 3,743rd in the world and 90th in The East Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 9,487.48 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 5thLargest Gambling Industry: 76thBest Weather: 442ndHighest Crime Rates: 462ndMost Ignorant Citizens: 538thMost Armed: 912thMost Subsidized Industry: 943rdMost Beautiful Environments: 1,002ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,809thMost Avoided: 2,031stMost Efficient Economies: 2,401stMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,440thMost Corrupt Governments: 2,703rdMost Primitive: 2,854thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 3,122ndTop
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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 3,743rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 4,311thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 4,772ndNudest: 6,213thRudest Citizens: 7,076thLargest Black Market: 7,744thHighest Average Incomes: 14,355thTop
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Most Secular: 19,371stHighest Economic Output: 20,441stLargest Retail Industry: 29,350thMost Advanced Public Transport: 31,793rd
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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 2nd in the regionBest Weather: 7th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 7th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 8th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 13th in the regionMost Armed: 14th in the regionMost Avoided: 27th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 28th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 33rd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 35th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 38th in the regionTop
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Highest Wealthy Incomes: 44th in the regionMost Primitive: 46th in the regionLargest Black Market: 58th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 64th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 75th in the regionNudest: 81st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 90th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 98th in the regionRudest Citizens: 156th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 167th in the regionTop
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Highest Economic Output: 259th in the regionMost Secular: 383rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Get real, the Relai XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, parents are fined for sending their children to take out the trash after sunset.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, The Trout's new office has a propensity to catch on fire.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, religion is strictly forbidden within school grounds.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, angst-filled teenagers are rushing off to buy government bonds for some odd reason.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, embarrassed police officers wear spandex and carry net guns.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, the government is a law unto itself.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, citizens who become homeless are immediately executed.
  • : Following new legislation in Get real, street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner.

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