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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1,110thMost Primitive: 1,278thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 3,461st
The Forests of
Left-wing Utopia
From Many, One
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Enforcer
Civil Rights
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Economy
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Free Twigland

Population7.816 billion

Capitalthe Squirrelly Nature Reserve

Currencytwig
AnimalEastern Gray Squirrel

The Forests of Free Twigland is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its fear of technology, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7.816 billion Twigs 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Squirrelly Nature Reserve. The average income tax rate is 60.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Twig economy, worth 348 trillion twigs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,532 twigs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, the new coalition government has 99 problems and can't agree on how to fix one, turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, and the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Free Twigland's national animal is the Eastern Gray Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Free Twigland is ranked 265,489th in the world and 28th in Libertarian Socialist Confederation for Most Conservative, scoring 23.67 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.

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Most Valuable International Artwork: 1,110thMost Primitive: 1,278thTop
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Largest Pizza Delivery Sector: 3,461stMost Rebellious Youth: 4,059thLeast Corrupt Governments: 4,184thMost Influential: 4,774thMost Cheerful Citizens: 7,458thNicest Citizens: 11,448thLargest Gambling Industry: 12,449thMost Compassionate Citizens: 12,690thMost Devout: 13,642ndMost Inclusive: 13,899thTop
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Largest Welfare Programs: 17,164thMost Cultured: 17,830thHighest Food Quality: 18,088thMost Income Equality: 21,741stMost Beautiful Environments: 23,725th
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Most Primitive: 1st in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 2nd in the regionMost Devout: 2nd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 2nd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 2nd in the regionTop
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Highest Crime Rates: 3rd in the regionMost Influential: 3rd in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 3rd in the regionLargest Black Market: 4th in the regionMost Armed: 5th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Free Twigland, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country.
  • : Following new legislation in Free Twigland, turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats.
  • : Following new legislation in Free Twigland, the new coalition government has 99 problems and can't agree on how to fix one.
  • : Following new legislation in Free Twigland, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights.
  • : Following new legislation in Free Twigland, mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined.
  • : Following new legislation in Free Twigland, major cities are suffering under water rationing.
  • : Free Twigland's influence in Libertarian Socialist Confederation fell from "Eminence Grise" to "Enforcer".
  • : Free Twigland was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Inclusive.
  • : Free Twigland's influence in Libertarian Socialist Confederation rose from "Enforcer" to "Eminence Grise".
  • : Free Twigland was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector.

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