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Largest Black Market: 2,869thMost Valuable International Artwork: 3,368thHighest Economic Output: 4,100th
The Not-So-Secret Mod Puppet of
Iron Fist Consumerists
The refreshing Red Sparkle Beverage that is FRIS!
Influence
Handshaker
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Fris

Population23.745 billion

CapitalTown
LeaderFris

Currencycredit
Animalbeagle

The Not-So-Secret Mod Puppet of Fris is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Fris with an iron fist, and notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 23.745 billion Frisians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Town. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Frisian economy, worth a remarkable 4,593 trillion credits 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, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. 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 193,443 credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 664,798 per year while the poor average 41,276, a ratio of 16.1 to 1.

Travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Town, the men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers, and Fris's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fris's national animal is the beagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Fris is ranked 297,700th in the world and 9th in Space Sector RPRA for Most Primitive, scoring -279.19 on the Scary Big Number Scale.

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Largest Black Market: 2,869thTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 3,368thHighest Economic Output: 4,100thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 4,877thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 5,098thMost Patriotic: 8,490thLargest Information Technology Sector: 9,917thMost Stationary: 10,073rdLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 11,504thLargest Populations: 12,318thHighest Average Incomes: 12,375thLargest Retail Industry: 12,773rdMost Subsidized Industry: 12,829thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 12,932ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 14,268thMost Developed: 14,274thMost Corrupt Governments: 14,610thTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 15,879thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 16,847thMost Advanced Public Education: 18,046thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 18,537thMost Scientifically Advanced: 19,852ndMost Influential: 20,597thLargest Governments: 21,885thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 23,018thSmartest Citizens: 24,732ndLargest Mining Sector: 25,649thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 27,129thMost Advanced Public Transport: 27,320thLongest Average Lifespans: 28,498thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 28,902nd
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Most Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionMost Patriotic: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Dead.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors and Most Zombies and the Top 10% for Most Dead.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Efficient Economies.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Agricultural Sector.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Agricultural Sector.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Developed.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Fris was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Black Market and the Top 5% for Most Stationary, Most Valuable International Artwork, Most Patriotic, and Highest Average Incomes.

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