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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 184thMost Patriotic: 294thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 357th
The Rogue Nation of
Moralistic Democracy
1977
Influence
Shoeshiner
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

MSN 15

Population14.652 billion

CapitalAndrews
LeaderHighlander
FaithCards

Currencyruble
Animalfox

The Rogue Nation of MSN 15 is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Highlander with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.652 billion MSN 15ians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Andrews. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.2%.

The frighteningly efficient MSN 15ian economy, worth a remarkable 5,201 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 355,016 rubles, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, elections have recently been reintroduced to MSN 15, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, and foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MSN 15's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cards.

MSN 15 is ranked 45,141st in the world and 237th in NationStates for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 69.23 Effective Tax Rate.

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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 184thMost Patriotic: 294thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 357thMost Devout: 394thLargest Mining Sector: 484thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 565thMost Corrupt Governments: 648thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 875thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 888thLargest Black Market: 1,455thLowest Crime Rates: 1,590thHighest Average Incomes: 1,745thMost Armed: 2,383rdMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 3,148thTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 4,126thHighest Economic Output: 4,205thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 4,247thHealthiest Citizens: 4,839thLargest Information Technology Sector: 6,274thHighest Disposable Incomes: 6,432ndMost Subsidized Industry: 6,780thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 7,750thLargest Governments: 7,890thHighest Poor Incomes: 9,930thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 10,430thMost Influential: 11,305thMost Scientifically Advanced: 11,507thSmartest Citizens: 12,040thNudest: 12,566thMost Advanced Public Education: 12,681stMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 15,585thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 15,938thTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 17,469thMost Stationary: 17,698thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 22,756thMost Developed: 30,349thMost Advanced Public Transport: 30,770thLargest Populations: 31,250th
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Largest Mining Sector: 9th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 17th in the regionMost Devout: 24th in the regionTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 66th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 70th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 75th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, elections have recently been reintroduced to MSN 15.
  • : MSN 15 was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Moralistic Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, airplane passengers have been known to stuff pillows in their jackets to get extra arm room.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, a blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, Highlander tells rebellious ministers to "drop and give me twenty".
  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN 15, animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs.

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