by Max Barry

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Most Income Equality: 2,485thLargest Populations: 7,050thLeast Corrupt Governments: 11,606th
The Dispossessed of
Democratic Socialists
We must devastate the avenues where the wealthy live
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Hermit
Governor
Region
Civil Rights
Excellent
Economy
Basket Case
Political Freedom
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La Peste

Population25.957 billion

CapitalLead City

CurrencyGave up
AnimalI Never

The Dispossessed of La Peste is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 25.957 billion La Pesteans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lead City. The average income tax rate is 78.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant La Pestean economy, worth 274 trillion Gave ups a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 10,565 Gave ups, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and La Peste recently decided against having a capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. La Peste's national animal is the I Never, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

La Peste is ranked 52,385th in the world and 1st in Neuordnung for Most Stationary, with 848.22783907828 days.

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Most Income Equality: 2,485thTop
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Largest Populations: 7,050thLeast Corrupt Governments: 11,606thTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 20,226thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 24,215th

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  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Income Equality.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
  • : La Peste was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.

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