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Largest Retail Industry: 1stHighest Average Incomes: 1stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st
The Mafian Economic Extremist of
Compulsory Consumerist State
Money, Power, Respect!
Influence
Power
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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The Dark System

Population22.947 billion

CapitalThe Dark System Main Command Centre
LeaderMaster Economist

CurrencyDollar
AnimalMonster

The Mafian Economic Extremist of The Dark System is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Master Economist with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 22.947 billion Mafians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Dark System Main Command Centre. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Dark System economy, worth an astonishing 33,414 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,456,163 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 13,638,250 per year while the poor average 13,111, a ratio of 1,040 to 1.

Suburban families are finding themselves increasingly short on food as they waste precious water on their lawns, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, one can walk from one side of The Dark System Main Command Centre to the other without setting foot on Dark System soil, and kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll. Crime is totally unknown. The Dark System's national animal is the Monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Dark System is ranked 1,213th in the world and 3rd in The Axis of Evil for Lowest Crime Rates, with 163.53 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Retail Industry: 1stHighest Average Incomes: 1stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1stMost Efficient Economies: 1stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 7thMost Scientifically Advanced: 8thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 9thMost Corrupt Governments: 11thMost Subsidized Industry: 11thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 13thFattest Citizens: 13thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 13thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 15thLargest Governments: 17thLargest Black Market: 17thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 19thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 21stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 21stLargest Insurance Industry: 21stLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 23rdLargest Agricultural Sector: 24thLargest Mining Sector: 29thHighest Economic Output: 30thMost Avoided: 32ndMost Secular: 34thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 43rdLargest Information Technology Sector: 46thMost Patriotic: 50thRudest Citizens: 51stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 68thSmartest Citizens: 72ndLargest Gambling Industry: 74thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 112thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 125thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 245thLargest Publishing Industry: 601stMost Advanced Public Education: 736thHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,093rdLowest Crime Rates: 1,213thMost Pro-Market: 1,710thMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,715thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2,020thMost Rebellious Youth: 2,783rdTop
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Most Stationary: 3,179thLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 4,767thMost Cultured: 5,848thMost Valuable International Artwork: 5,893rdMost Influential: 7,681stLargest Populations: 11,319thTop
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Most World Assembly Endorsements: 29,899th
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Most Patriotic: 1st in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionRudest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Cultured: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionMost Secular: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1st in the regionSmartest Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 1st in the regionLargest Governments: 1st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionMost Pro-Market: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 2nd in the regionMost Influential: 2nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 2nd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Stationary: 2nd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, one can walk from one side of The Dark System Main Command Centre to the other without setting foot on Dark System soil.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, suburban families are finding themselves increasingly short on food as they waste precious water on their lawns.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, Master Economist has incinerated the international climate treaty in a public coal-burning ceremony.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, the government nonchalantly sells old nukes to other countries.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, it's not just poseurs who wear oversized sound-cancelling headphones as they walk the city streets.

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