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Most Cheerful Citizens: 8,790thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 12,806thLargest Retail Industry: 13,412th
The Community of
Benevolent Dictatorship
Hey diddle diddle!
Influence
Nipper
Region
Civil Rights
Superb
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Unheard Of

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The Mother Goose

Population6.512 billion

CapitalGingerbread House
LeaderOle King Cole
FaithNursery Rhymes

CurrencyGolden Egg
AnimalFiddling Cat

The Community of The Mother Goose is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ole King Cole with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.512 billion Mother Gooseans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gingerbread House. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.8%.

The all-consuming Mother Goosean economy, worth 544 trillion Golden Eggs a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Average income is 83,626 Golden Eggs, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card, the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months, virtually all of the country's economic activity takes place in Gingerbread House, and there's a mortuary next to every Mother Goosean restaurant. Crime is well under control. The Mother Goose's national animal is the Fiddling Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Nursery Rhymes.

The Mother Goose is ranked 291,909th in the world and 14,289th in Lazarus for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.8 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.

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Most Cheerful Citizens: 8,790thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 12,806thLargest Retail Industry: 13,412thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 16,999thTop
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Highest Disposable Incomes: 18,103rdLargest Gambling Industry: 20,583rdLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 24,153rdHighest Food Quality: 33,808th
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Most Cheerful Citizens: 498th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 587th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 604th in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 664th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 835th in the regionTop
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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 885th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 1,218th in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 1,350th in the region

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