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Largest Insurance Industry: 112thLargest Black Market: 406thMost Subsidized Industry: 464th
The Banking Empire of
Father Knows Best State
If money can’t talk, why does it rule so well?
Baali Banker Von
Influence
Power
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

Overview Factbook Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Bloody Scandinavia

Population17.48 billion

CapitalOslo
LeaderBaali Banker Von
FaithMoney

CurrencyDucat
AnimalDragon

The Banking Empire of Bloody Scandinavia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Baali Banker Von with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, compulsory vegetarianism, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.48 billion Norse are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oslo. The average income tax rate is 86.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Guilded economy, worth a remarkable 6,951 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 397,655 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Where there's smoke there's the Guilded Forestry Department, toilet paper is considered a non-essential item in the embargo against Brasilistan, the government is spending more on exports to Brasilistan than it's receiving from tariffs on the imports, and soldiers are now trained how to make sandwiches properly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bloody Scandinavia's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Money.

Bloody Scandinavia is ranked 3,046th in the world and 1st in Imperium of the Wolves for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 18,207.72 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.

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1%
Largest Insurance Industry: 112thLargest Black Market: 406thMost Subsidized Industry: 464thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 497thLargest Information Technology Sector: 577thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 654thLargest Mining Sector: 1,009thMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,076thHighest Average Incomes: 1,142ndLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 1,195thLargest Retail Industry: 1,311thHighest Poor Incomes: 1,540thMost Corrupt Governments: 1,541stMost Efficient Economies: 1,766thHighest Economic Output: 1,863rdMost Scientifically Advanced: 1,897thMost Avoided: 2,065thMost Secular: 2,537thTop
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Most Advanced Public Education: 3,046thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 3,688thRudest Citizens: 5,211thMost Developed: 5,441stLargest Governments: 5,722ndSmartest Citizens: 5,848thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 5,939thNudest: 8,531stMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 9,453rdLongest Average Lifespans: 10,524thLargest Publishing Industry: 13,006thHighest Average Tax Rates: 13,357thTop
10%
Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 17,355thMost Influential: 19,236thLargest Populations: 20,877thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 23,098thMost Cultured: 26,706thLowest Crime Rates: 27,831stMost Advanced Defense Forces: 29,169thMost Valuable International Artwork: 29,188th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Avoided, Highest Economic Output, Largest Black Market, Highest Average Incomes, and Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education.
  • : Bloody Scandinavia's influence in Imperium of the Wolves rose from "Powerbroker" to "Power".

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