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Most Extreme: 9thHighest Drug Use: 233rdHighest Crime Rates: 545th
The Benevolent Utopia of
Benevolent Dictatorship
Fight for benevolence! Or else!
Influence
Eminence Grise
Region
Civil Rights
Frightening
Economy
Frightening
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Upper Northeast Corner

Population5.577 billion

CapitalSoft Tyranny
LeaderBlue Leader
FaithVague Spiritual Feelings

Currencyblue nugget
Animalblue dragon

The Benevolent Utopia of Upper Northeast Corner is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Blue Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.577 billion Unexians 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 tiny, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, although Defense and Administration are also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soft Tyranny. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Unexian economy, worth a remarkable 1,127 trillion blue nuggets a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 202,214 blue nuggets, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,454,636 per year while the poor average 9,054, a ratio of 160 to 1.

City sidewalks are crowded with overweight people, the military has had to quell a recent insurrection by uninsured revolutionaries, heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera", and awkward tourists are offered the 'unique experience' of rodeo clown. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Upper Northeast Corner's national animal is the blue dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Vague Spiritual Feelings.

Upper Northeast Corner is ranked 56,802nd in the world and 8th in XS IV for Largest Governments, scoring 21.24 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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1%
Most Extreme: 9thHighest Drug Use: 233rdHighest Crime Rates: 545thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 738thMost Armed: 806thFattest Citizens: 902ndMost Avoided: 983rdLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1,234thMost Extensive Civil Rights: 1,247thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1,405thLargest Retail Industry: 1,549thMost Pro-Market: 1,552ndGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,742ndHighest Disposable Incomes: 1,840thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 2,189thLargest Gambling Industry: 2,288thMost Rebellious Youth: 3,175thTop
5%
Most Efficient Economies: 4,243rdMost Ignorant Citizens: 4,657thMost Cheerful Citizens: 6,159thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 6,282ndMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 7,491stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 7,659thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 9,180thLargest Mining Sector: 9,965thHighest Average Incomes: 10,826thMost Subsidized Industry: 11,989thMost Corrupt Governments: 13,242ndTop
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 17,693rdNudest: 18,899thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 19,490thLargest Agricultural Sector: 23,543rdMost Scientifically Advanced: 24,262ndLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 28,326thLargest Information Technology Sector: 28,435thMost Cultured: 30,456thHighest Economic Output: 31,798thMost Influential: 32,576th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, awkward tourists are offered the 'unique experience' of rodeo clown.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera".
  • : Upper Northeast Corner was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, the military has had to quell a recent insurrection by uninsured revolutionaries.
  • : Upper Northeast Corner was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, city sidewalks are crowded with overweight people.
  • : Upper Northeast Corner was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, half the Unexian Army consists of Brasilistani contractors.
  • : Upper Northeast Corner was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Cultured.
  • : Following new legislation in Upper Northeast Corner, warning signs caution Unexians where they may fall off 'the edge of the world'.

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