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Largest Gambling Industry: 911thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,167thHighest Crime Rates: 1,343rd
The Holy Empire of
Father Knows Best State
The law can be both a help and a hindrance.
Influence
Apprentice
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Junkbot9

Population530 million

CapitalJuncbatt

Currencymechincal pencils
AnimalApollo

The Holy Empire of Junkbot9 is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, state-planned economy, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 530 million Junkbots 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Juncbatt. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Junkbot economy, worth 57.1 trillion mechincal pencils 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. 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 107,787 mechincal pencils, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 315,810 per year while the poor average 29,017, a ratio of 10.9 to 1.

The police have been reduced to using duct tape instead of handcuffs following further cutbacks, the nation is Hell's leading manufacturer of intricately-patterned sweaters, national chefs believe that you can eat anything so long as you deep fry it first, and young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Junkbot9's national animal is the Apollo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Junkbot9 is ranked 51,489th in the world and 43rd in Hell for Highest Average Incomes, with 107,787.81 Standard Monetary Units.

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Largest Gambling Industry: 911thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1,167thHighest Crime Rates: 1,343rdFattest Citizens: 1,582ndMost Ignorant Citizens: 1,819thNudest: 2,058thMost Avoided: 2,564thMost Armed: 2,842ndTop
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Largest Soda Pop Sector: 3,562ndMost World Assembly Endorsements: 5,696thHighest Disposable Incomes: 8,200thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 9,214thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 9,608thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 11,275thMost Valuable International Artwork: 13,891stTop
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Largest Mining Sector: 16,436thMost Influential: 20,807thMost Corrupt Governments: 21,788thLargest Retail Industry: 24,779thMost Primitive: 25,092ndLargest Manufacturing Sector: 28,564thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 29,412thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 30,292nd
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 2nd in the regionTop
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Largest Gambling Industry: 4th in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 4th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 5th in the regionNudest: 5th in the regionFattest Citizens: 6th in the regionMost Armed: 6th in the regionMost Avoided: 7th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 8th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 9th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 13th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 13th in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 21st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 22nd in the regionMost Primitive: 25th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 25th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 26th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 27th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Junkbot9 voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "Standardized Passport Arrangements"".
  • : Following new legislation in Junkbot9, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables.
  • : Following new legislation in Junkbot9, national chefs believe that you can eat anything so long as you deep fry it first.
  • : Junkbot9 voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Injunct Empires Forever United".
  • : Junkbot9 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Armed and the Top 10% for Most Patriotic.
  • : Following new legislation in Junkbot9, the nation is Hell's leading manufacturer of intricately-patterned sweaters.
  • : Following new legislation in Junkbot9, the police have been reduced to using duct tape instead of handcuffs following further cutbacks.
  • : Following new legislation in Junkbot9, all new "spies" are fifteen-year-old acne-ridden kids on computers.
  • : Following new legislation in Junkbot9, society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy.
  • : Following new legislation in Junkbot9, poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild.

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