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Largest Gambling Industry: 2,351stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,406thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 3,554th
The Rogue Nation of
Father Knows Best State
Let’s break bread together, in the Name of God
Influence
Powerbroker
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Bread Experts

Population542 million

CapitalGarlic Knot City

CurrencyBaguette
AnimalThe Croissant

The Rogue Nation of Bread Experts is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 542 million Bread Expertsians 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 tiny, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Garlic Knot City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Bread Expertsian economy, worth 79.2 trillion Baguettes 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Gambling, and Information Technology. 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 impressive 146,160 Baguettes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 729,709 per year while the poor average 16,482, a ratio of 44.3 to 1.

The government hopes that Federation janitors overhear all of the good gossip, military advisors frequently remind San Vitenzan farmers that they have to pull the pin on a grenade before throwing it, one lone government employee can be seen hunting for the elusive stray white dog, and the government decides its policies by observing the flight of birds. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Bread Experts's national animal is the The Croissant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bread Experts is ranked 67,114th in the world and 1st in Nine Pigs in a Pen for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,301.72 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Largest Gambling Industry: 2,351stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,406thTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 3,554thHighest Disposable Incomes: 3,815thFattest Citizens: 4,121stMost Avoided: 4,629thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 5,635thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5,729thMost Ignorant Citizens: 7,807thLargest Retail Industry: 8,006thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 8,855thNudest: 9,775thLargest Mining Sector: 10,523rdLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 11,135thTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 20,372ndMost Valuable International Artwork: 21,794thLargest Agricultural Sector: 26,137thMost Efficient Economies: 27,688thHighest Average Incomes: 27,981stMost Armed: 28,542ndMost Scientifically Advanced: 29,651stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 32,520th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, the government decides its policies by observing the flight of birds.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, one lone government employee can be seen hunting for the elusive stray white dog.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, military advisors frequently remind San Vitenzan farmers that they have to pull the pin on a grenade before throwing it.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, the government hopes that Federation janitors overhear all of the good gossip.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, tourists ask to stay in the same pleasant accommodations where foreign prisoners are kept.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, one man's trash is another company's tax break.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, the navy is hoping to hear the enemy shout "you sank my battleship!".
  • : Bread Experts was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Manufacturing Sector.

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