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Most Devout: 2,355thLargest Black Market: 2,390thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,211th
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Hickory Dickory Dock

Population18.416 billion

CapitalRattow
LeaderMickey
FaithTockism

CurrencyRyal
AnimalBlack Rat

The Clock of Hickory Dickory Dock is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Mickey with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, keen interest in outer space, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.416 billion Hickory Dockians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rattow. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hickory Dickory Dockian economy, worth a remarkable 3,188 trillion Ryals 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, 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 173,156 Ryals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Anyone who so much as looks at Royalty without the proper amount of deference is jailed, thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, and the sun rises an hour later on border communities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hickory Dickory Dock's national animal is the Black Rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Tockism.

Hickory Dickory Dock is ranked 10,454th in the world and 8th in Medio for Most Stationary, with 2,299.8990141748 days.

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Most Devout: 2,355thLargest Black Market: 2,390thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,211thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 4,584thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 5,685thMost Corrupt Governments: 6,231stHighest Economic Output: 6,667thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 8,599thLargest Mining Sector: 9,138thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 10,072ndMost Stationary: 10,454thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 10,718thLargest Cheese Export Sector: 12,568thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 13,923rdMost Subsidized Industry: 14,296thHighest Poor Incomes: 14,381stMost Advanced Public Education: 14,835thTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 15,215thMost Efficient Economies: 17,527thLowest Crime Rates: 17,755thMost Patriotic: 17,795thMost Ignorant Citizens: 17,973rdLargest Populations: 18,895thMost Influential: 19,456thMost Authoritarian: 23,223rdBest Weather: 23,251stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 25,690thLargest Governments: 26,340th
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Most Cheerful Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionNicest Citizens: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, the sun rises an hour later on border communities.
  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky.
  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses.
  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, anyone who so much as looks at Royalty without the proper amount of deference is jailed.
  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Hickory Dickory Dockian weed picker are way up.
  • : Hickory Dickory Dock was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Cheese Export Sector and Highest Average Incomes.
  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, Hickory Dockians suffer not the eggplant emoji to live.
  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, the immigration office has an express line for people bringing cash in briefcases.
  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, a large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders.
  • : Following new legislation in Hickory Dickory Dock, increasing numbers of children in Hickory Dickory Dock have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers.

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