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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 2ndLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5th
The Indomitable Borderlands of
Compulsory Consumerist State
The Paragon of Corporate Power and Style since 2002.
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The Grendels

Population46.514 billion

CapitalHackleburg
LeaderWarleader Yarooo

CurrencyGolden Bond
Animalthe Dire Bear

The Indomitable Borderlands of The Grendels is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Warleader Yarooo with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 46.514 billion Grendels are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hackleburg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Grendelsian economy, worth an astonishing 43,381 trillion Golden Bonds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is a breathtaking 932,655 Golden Bonds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 8,737,488 per year while the poor average 8,368, a ratio of 1,044 to 1.

Just as students finish their homework it's time for school, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, East Lebatuck tests its moon rovers in the barren wasteland of rural The Grendels, and only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Grendels's national animal is the the Dire Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Grendels is ranked 262,293rd in the world and 49th in Wysteria for Highest Poor Incomes, with 8,368.06 Standard Monetary Units.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1stHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 2ndLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 9thLargest Insurance Industry: 15thLargest Populations: 16thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 16thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 17thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 22ndLargest Gambling Industry: 23rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 30thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 31stMost Armed: 36thMost Efficient Economies: 41stLargest Mining Sector: 43rdLargest Agricultural Sector: 44thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 45thFattest Citizens: 63rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 98thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 101stHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 144thMost Secular: 163rdSmartest Citizens: 238thMost Corrupt Governments: 318thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 325thLargest Publishing Industry: 379thLargest Retail Industry: 575thRudest Citizens: 585thLargest Information Technology Sector: 704thMost Cultured: 823rdTop
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Largest Governments: 3,493rdMost Rebellious Youth: 5,085thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 8,959thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 9,273rdMost Stationary: 12,000thTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 16,720thMost Pro-Market: 29,223rd
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Largest Cheese Export Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Secular: 2nd in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 3rd in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 3rd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 3rd in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 3rd in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 3rd in the regionLargest Populations: 3rd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 3rd in the regionTop
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Largest Information Technology Sector: 4th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 4th in the regionRudest Citizens: 4th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 5th in the region

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