by Max Barry

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Most Income Equality: 7,701stMost Authoritarian: 9,485thHighest Average Tax Rates: 25,167th
The Monty Python Kingdom of
Corrupt Dictatorship
It's just a flesh wound.
Influence
Apprentice
Region
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Basket Case
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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The Black Knight-

Population14.898 billion

CurrencyGold Coin
AnimalChicken

The Monty Python Kingdom of The Black Knight- is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 14.898 billion Black Knight-ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 76.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Black Knight-ian economy, worth 182 trillion Gold Coins 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 12,283 Gold Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections have been outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Black Knight-'s national animal is the Chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Black Knight- is ranked 72,936th in the world and 18th in Middle Earth for Highest Workforce Participation Rate, with 74.62 Workforce Participation Rate.

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Most Income Equality: 7,701stMost Authoritarian: 9,485thTop
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Highest Average Tax Rates: 25,167thMost Influential: 26,970thLargest Populations: 29,381st
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Most Income Equality: 3rd in the regionTop
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Most Authoritarian: 6th in the region

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