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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
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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The Dark System

Population22.288 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 notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 22.288 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 32,129 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 1,441,561 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 13,501,469 per year while the poor average 12,980, a ratio of 1,040 to 1.

Master Economist has killer fashion sense, the government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains, there's no weight to modern politics, and curtailed social programs have left many citizens bereft of any safety net. 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 22,300th in the world and 1st in The Axis of Evil for Most Pro-Market, scoring 96.89 on the Rand Index.

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Largest Retail Industry: 1stHighest Average Incomes: 1stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1stMost Efficient Economies: 1stLargest Soda Pop Sector: 7thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 9thMost Scientifically Advanced: 10thMost Subsidized Industry: 11thMost Corrupt Governments: 12thFattest Citizens: 13thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 13thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 14thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 14thLargest Governments: 17thLargest Black Market: 17thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 19thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 21stLargest Insurance Industry: 21stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 22ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 24thLargest Agricultural Sector: 25thMost Avoided: 30thHighest Economic Output: 31stLargest Mining Sector: 31stMost Secular: 34thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 42ndLargest Information Technology Sector: 46thMost Patriotic: 52ndRudest Citizens: 58thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 72ndSmartest Citizens: 72ndLargest Gambling Industry: 77thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 115thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 142ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 255thLargest Publishing Industry: 572ndMost Advanced Public Education: 748thHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,114thLowest Crime Rates: 1,121stMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,675thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,866thMost Rebellious Youth: 2,642ndTop
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Most Stationary: 3,233rdLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 4,429thMost Cultured: 5,198thMost Valuable International Artwork: 5,464thMost Influential: 7,927thLargest Populations: 11,447thTop
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Most Pro-Market: 22,300th
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Largest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1st in the regionMost Secular: 1st in the regionLargest Governments: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 1st in the regionFattest Citizens: 1st in the regionRudest Citizens: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionSmartest Citizens: 1st in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1st in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 1st in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 1st in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 1st in the regionMost Cultured: 1st in the regionMost Pro-Market: 1st in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 1st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionMost Avoided: 1st in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1st in the regionMost Patriotic: 1st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionTop
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Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 2nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 2nd in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 2nd in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 2nd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Stationary: 2nd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 2nd in the regionLargest Insurance Industry: 2nd in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the regionMost Influential: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, curtailed social programs have left many citizens bereft of any safety net.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, there's no weight to modern politics.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, the government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, Master Economist has killer fashion sense.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, kids' party bags often contain candy and e-cigarettes.
  • : The Dark System was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Pro-Market.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, Master Economist's opponents have adopted dogs to chase away the mailman.
  • : Following new legislation in The Dark System, you can bet your bottom dollar that gambling will cost you an arm and a leg.

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