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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 1,880thNudest: 3,027thMost Influential: 6,791st
The Bloody Shadow of
Iron Fist Consumerists
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Influence
Sprat
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Rare

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Mekhet

Population25.373 billion

Currencytaco
AnimalBadger

The Bloody Shadow of Mekhet is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 25.373 billion Mekkyians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 61.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Mekhetian economy, worth a remarkable 1,900 trillion tacoes a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 74,915 tacoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Farmers are complaining that the buzzing and the sparks from the nearby MagRail are blighting their crops, the men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, and gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mekhet's national animal is the Badger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mekhet is ranked 295,439th in the world and 5,776th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 15.16 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 1,880thNudest: 3,027thTop
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Most Influential: 6,791stLargest Populations: 9,280thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 12,068thMost Ignorant Citizens: 12,931stHighest Economic Output: 14,681stLargest Mining Sector: 14,903rdTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 23,822ndLargest Black Market: 27,928th
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Nudest: 51st in the regionTop
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Largest Populations: 90th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 197th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 274th in the regionTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 391st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 393rd in the regionLargest Black Market: 397th in the regionFattest Citizens: 434th in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 435th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 590th in the region

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