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Most Devout: 8,201stMost Subsidized Industry: 9,342ndLargest Black Market: 9,744th
The Dancing Couple of
Father Knows Best State
This isn't just some dance party.
Influence
Envoy
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Grometheus

Population11.267 billion

CapitalBoiling Isles
LeaderEda
FaithCards

Currencysnail
Animalowl

The Dancing Couple of Grometheus is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Eda with an iron fist, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.267 billion Grometheusians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boiling Isles. The average income tax rate is 78.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Grometheusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,427 trillion snails a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 126,730 snails, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

People are bored of easy crossword puzzles, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-snail treacle machine, and machine gun nests are the latest must-have gardening trend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grometheus's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

Grometheus is ranked 26,963rd in the world and 11th in Temporary Home for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,829.22 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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Most Devout: 8,201stMost Subsidized Industry: 9,342ndLargest Black Market: 9,744thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 11,374thLargest Retail Industry: 11,606thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 12,058thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 15,190thTop
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Most Advanced Public Transport: 17,671stMost Valuable International Artwork: 18,090thHighest Average Tax Rates: 18,915thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 19,143rdMost Advanced Public Education: 20,797thMost Corrupt Governments: 21,394thMost Stationary: 21,626thMost Influential: 22,826thHighest Economic Output: 24,948thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 26,756thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 26,963rdMost Efficient Economies: 27,722ndLargest Governments: 30,845th
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Most Extensive Civil Rights: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens and the Top 10% for Largest Governments.
  • : Grometheus's influence in Temporary Home rose from "Duckspeaker" to "Envoy".
  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.
  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Governments.
  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic, Largest Governments, and Most Stationary.
  • : Grometheus was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Unexpected Death Rate.

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