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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 76thMost Ignorant Citizens: 474thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 699th
The Holy Empire of
Corporate Police State
Might Makes Right
Influence
Nipper
Region
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Fair
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Bizarro Durlia

Population18.053 billion

CapitalThe Centre
LeaderArchbishop Alexander
Faitha major religion

Currencydollar
Animalboar

The Holy Empire of Bizarro Durlia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Archbishop Alexander with an iron fist, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.053 billion Bizarro Durlians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

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

The enormous but underdeveloped Bizarro Durlian economy, worth a remarkable 2,031 trillion dollars 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 Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 112,516 dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,048,442 per year while the poor average 1,081, a ratio of 969 to 1.

Universities are populated by the spawn of the upper classes, military spending is on the increase, labour strikes are routinely squashed by police, and death row is annually emptied to feed the nation's hunger for televised murder-games. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Bizarro Durlia's national animal is the boar, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is a major religion.

Bizarro Durlia is ranked 98,056th in the world and 869th in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.1 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 76thMost Ignorant Citizens: 474thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 699thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 778thFattest Citizens: 910thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1,269thMost Devout: 1,314thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,426thLargest Insurance Industry: 2,899thTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 3,378thLargest Gambling Industry: 3,953rdMost Conservative: 11,824thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 12,676thLargest Mining Sector: 13,046thTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 16,711thMost Armed: 18,303rdLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 19,260thLargest Populations: 19,418thMost Pro-Market: 24,545thMost Extreme: 26,685thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 26,805th
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Greatest Rich-Poor Divides: 2nd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 3rd in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 6th in the regionFattest Citizens: 7th in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 9th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 15th in the regionMost Devout: 15th in the regionTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 17th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 19th in the regionMost Extreme: 22nd in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 25th in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 25th in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 41st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 63rd in the regionLargest Populations: 70th in the regionTop
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Most Conservative: 80th in the regionMost Armed: 82nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 116th in the region

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