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Nudest: 7,718thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 8,331stLargest Mining Sector: 9,749th
The Fall of
Psychotic Dictatorship
Blowing on the highway alone
Influence
Squire
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Little Pink Plastic Bags

Population6.943 billion

Currencybag
Animal2D

The Fall of Little Pink Plastic Bags is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The cynical, humorless population of 6.943 billion Little Pink Plastic Bagsians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Little Pink Plastic Bagsian economy, worth 930 trillion bags 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 134,036 bags, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown, research grant proposals read like political diatribes, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, and military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Little Pink Plastic Bags's national animal is the 2D, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Little Pink Plastic Bags is ranked 208,690th in the world and 431st in Stereo Hearts for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 27,879.55 Standard Monetary Units.

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Nudest: 7,718thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 8,331stLargest Mining Sector: 9,749thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 11,277thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 12,379thMost Patriotic: 13,225thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 13,444thLongest Average Lifespans: 14,766thTop
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Best Weather: 15,068thHealthiest Citizens: 15,418thMost Subsidized Industry: 16,103rdLargest Black Market: 17,029thLowest Crime Rates: 17,731stHighest Average Tax Rates: 20,169thMost Efficient Economies: 20,170thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 20,299thMost Developed: 20,521stMost Secular: 20,579thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 20,824thHighest Poor Incomes: 21,703rdMost Corrupt Governments: 22,226thLargest Governments: 22,973rdMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 27,644thHighest Average Incomes: 29,527th
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Longest Average Lifespans: 1st in the regionTop
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Healthiest Citizens: 8th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 10th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 10th in the regionLargest Governments: 13th in the regionNudest: 14th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 15th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 16th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 16th in the regionBest Weather: 17th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 19th in the regionTop
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Lowest Crime Rates: 24th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 29th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 32nd in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 40th in the regionMost Primitive: 44th in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 44th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Little Pink Plastic Bags was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Patriotic and the Top 10% for Highest Poor Incomes, Most Developed, Largest Black Market, and Highest Average Incomes.
  • : Little Pink Plastic Bags was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Best Weather and Longest Average Lifespans and the Top 10% for Highest Average Incomes and Most Popular Tourist Destinations.
  • : Following new legislation in Little Pink Plastic Bags, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description.
  • : Following new legislation in Little Pink Plastic Bags, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage.
  • : Following new legislation in Little Pink Plastic Bags, research grant proposals read like political diatribes.
  • : Following new legislation in Little Pink Plastic Bags, disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown.
  • : Following new legislation in Little Pink Plastic Bags, military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets.
  • : Following new legislation in Little Pink Plastic Bags, the big red machine has ground to a halt.
  • : Following new legislation in Little Pink Plastic Bags, "Mad Max: Returning Again to Barrydrome" is this year's unexpected summer blockbuster.
  • : Following new legislation in Little Pink Plastic Bags, throwing a sickie is a serious crime.

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