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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 5,752ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 6,102ndFattest Citizens: 6,977th
The Christmas Winter Wonderland of
Free-Market Paradise
Moon, Friendship, NationStates, Brains
Influence
Superpower
The Capitalist Bulwark
Region
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Superb

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Isla Palma

Population532 million

CapitalNorth Pole

CurrencyCandy Cane
AnimalReindeer

The Christmas Winter Wonderland of Isla Palma is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 532 million Isla Palmen enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Pole. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.3%.

The all-consuming Isla Palman economy, worth 51.6 trillion Candy Canes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 97,052 Candy Canes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 612,240 per year while the poor average 6,446, a ratio of 95.0 to 1.

Minor parties are virtually absent in Parliament, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, anyone interested in the stock market is investigated, and the name of the "Butcher of Bigtopia" adorns shirts across Isla Palma. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Isla Palma's national animal is the Reindeer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Isla Palma is ranked 259,118th in the world and 2nd in Mar Soleado for Most Authoritarian, with 310.57 milliStalins.

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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 5,752ndHighest Wealthy Incomes: 6,102ndFattest Citizens: 6,977thRudest Citizens: 6,983rdLowest Overall Tax Burden: 7,974thHighest Disposable Incomes: 8,915thMost Avoided: 9,064thLargest Gambling Industry: 15,061stTop
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Largest Insurance Industry: 21,350thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 22,415thLargest Retail Industry: 24,132ndMost Armed: 24,209thMost Pro-Market: 25,062ndGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 26,238thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 29,794thMost Conservative: 30,060th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, the name of the "Butcher of Bigtopia" adorns shirts across Isla Palma.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, anyone interested in the stock market is investigated.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, minor parties are virtually absent in Parliament.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, the opposition leader's credibility has been undermined by constant attention drawn to a dodgy toupee.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, parents tell their children 'what a lovely mistake you turned out to be'.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, politicians tend to speak more loudly and slowly these days.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, single celebrities have to repeatedly prove their chastity to avoid being married off to infatuated fans.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, biological warfare is used to solve small disagreements.
  • : Following new legislation in Isla Palma, sexuality-questioning teenagers are placed in locked rooms with dirty magazines and lewd posters.

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