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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 9,811thMost Advanced Public Education: 13,975thLargest Welfare Programs: 16,652nd
The Suspects of
Father Knows Best State
Everyone thinks I'm crazy, and I keep getting arrested.
Influence
Envoy
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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Mug Shots

Population6.296 billion

CapitalJail
LeaderWarden
FaithFrredom

Currencybitcoin
Animalrodent

The Suspects of Mug Shots is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Warden with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, infamous sell-swords, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.296 billion Mug Shotsians 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jail. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mug Shotsian economy, worth 474 trillion bitcoins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 75,357 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Midnight pizza breaks are common among the work-from-home population, baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward, the nation's latest batch of politicians include internet comedians, an alleged serial killer, and a highly trained rodent, and relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mug Shots's national animal is the rodent, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Frredom.

Mug Shots is ranked 60,441st in the world and 3rd in Community for Most Developed, scoring 74.22 on the Human Development Index.

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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 9,811thMost Advanced Public Education: 13,975thTop
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Largest Welfare Programs: 16,652ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 19,473rdMost Subsidized Industry: 21,847thMost Devout: 24,989thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 29,037thMost Ignorant Citizens: 29,214th
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Most Advanced Public Education: 1st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Mug Shots was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Public Education and the Top 10% for Most Eco-Friendly Governments and Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Following new legislation in Mug Shots, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly.
  • : Following new legislation in Mug Shots, the nation's latest batch of politicians include internet comedians, an alleged serial killer, and a highly trained rodent.
  • : Following new legislation in Mug Shots, baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward.
  • : Following new legislation in Mug Shots, midnight pizza breaks are common among the work-from-home population.
  • : Following new legislation in Mug Shots, most fires are already out by the time the bucket brigade gets to them.
  • : Mug Shots was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Avoided.
  • : Mug Shots's influence in Community fell from "Auxiliary" to "Envoy".
  • : Mug Shots's influence in Community rose from "Envoy" to "Auxiliary".
  • : Mug Shots was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Avoided.

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