by Max Barry

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The Community of
New York Times Democracy
Sing for your supper!
Influence
Hatchling
Region
Civil Rights
Excellent
Economy
Strong
Political Freedom
Superb

Overview Policies People Government Economy Rank Trend Cards

Hurdy Gurdy Men

Population4.919 billion

CapitalMusic City
LeaderLiberace
FaithGospel Music

CurrencyPfennig
AnimalOrgan Grinder Monkey

The Community of Hurdy Gurdy Men is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Liberace with a fair hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.919 billion Hurdy Gurdy Menians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Music City. The average income tax rate is 8.5%.

The strong Hurdy Gurdy Menian economy, worth 308 trillion Pfennigs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 62,681 Pfennigs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Life is short but human kindness is endless, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, foreign leaders who don't applaud Liberace's speeches are regarded as enemies of Hurdy Gurdy Men, and remote-control hang-gliding scarecrows patrol the skies to keep songbirds from leaving the nation's borders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Hurdy Gurdy Men's national animal is the Organ Grinder Monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Gospel Music.

Hurdy Gurdy Men is ranked 274,025th in the world and 10,522nd in Balder for Most Influential, scoring 14 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

Top
10%
Most Politically Free: 792nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Hurdy Gurdy Men's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Hurdy Gurdy Men's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Hurdy Gurdy Men was refounded in Balder.
  • : Hurdy Gurdy Men ceased to exist in The Religion That Has No Big Banks.
  • : Following new legislation in Hurdy Gurdy Men, remote-control hang-gliding scarecrows patrol the skies to keep songbirds from leaving the nation's borders.
  • : Following new legislation in Hurdy Gurdy Men, foreign leaders who don't applaud Liberace's speeches are regarded as enemies of Hurdy Gurdy Men.
  • : Following new legislation in Hurdy Gurdy Men, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms.
  • : Following new legislation in Hurdy Gurdy Men, life is short but human kindness is endless.
  • : Following new legislation in Hurdy Gurdy Men, organ donation is compulsory.
  • : Following new legislation in Hurdy Gurdy Men, the nation takes the world's poor and tired and the huddled Masses yearning to breathe free.

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