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Least Corrupt Governments: 2,259thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,019thMost Secular: 3,035th
The Exceedingly Chill Locale of
Left-wing Utopia
Love Will Steer The Stars
the Oracle
Influence
Page
Civil Rights
Superb
Economy
Thriving
Political Freedom
Superb

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Aquarii

Population3.525 billion

CapitalApollopolis
Leaderthe Oracle
Faithveganism

Currencysmooch
Animalelectric eel

The Exceedingly Chill Locale of Aquarii is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by the Oracle with a fair hand, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.525 billion Aquariians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Apollopolis. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Aquariian economy, worth 303 trillion smooches a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 86,190 smooches, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All recreational drugs are legal, they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop), offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield, and 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aquarii's national animal is the electric eel, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is veganism.

Aquarii is ranked 18,930th in the world and 341st in the West Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 80.27 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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Least Corrupt Governments: 2,259thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 3,019thMost Secular: 3,035thTop
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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 3,366thLargest Welfare Programs: 3,692ndMost Pacifist: 3,739thSafest: 4,372ndMost World Assembly Endorsements: 4,662ndMost Compassionate Citizens: 5,509thMost Influential: 5,556thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 5,716thNicest Citizens: 5,888thBest Weather: 5,981stMost Advanced Public Education: 7,127thMost Beautiful Environments: 7,570thMost Inclusive: 8,837thHighest Average Tax Rates: 9,785thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 10,782ndHighest Food Quality: 11,608thLongest Average Lifespans: 13,369thMost Advanced Public Transport: 14,185thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 14,869thMost Cheerful Citizens: 15,483rdTop
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Smartest Citizens: 16,580thHealthiest Citizens: 17,507thMost Income Equality: 18,930thMost Rebellious Youth: 19,558thMost Cultured: 20,216thLargest Governments: 23,437thLargest Information Technology Sector: 24,158thMost Scientifically Advanced: 29,465thHighest Poor Incomes: 29,486th
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 46th in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 47th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 52nd in the regionMost Secular: 58th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 59th in the regionMost Pacifist: 84th in the regionSafest: 87th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 94th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 108th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 108th in the regionNicest Citizens: 115th in the regionBest Weather: 124th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 139th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 141st in the regionMost Inclusive: 163rd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 170th in the regionMost Influential: 178th in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 189th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 201st in the regionHighest Food Quality: 202nd in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 217th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 218th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 221st in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 232nd in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 248th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 255th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 262nd in the regionLargest Governments: 271st in the regionNudest: 275th in the regionMost Cultured: 280th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 317th in the regionMost Income Equality: 341st in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 369th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 370th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 370th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Aquarii was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Cheerful Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop).
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, all recreational drugs are legal.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, the police strictly enforce off-limit zones for tourists.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor.
  • : Following new legislation in Aquarii, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order.

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