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Largest Populations: 518thMost Authoritarian: 12,743rdMost Income Equality: 24,373rd
The Anteater Creek of
Psychotic Dictatorship
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Zwedru

Population43.793 billion

Currencyliberian dollar
Animalpepper bird

The Anteater Creek of Zwedru is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 43.793 billion Zwedruans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and International Aid. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Zwedruan economy, worth 776 trillion liberian dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, extremely specialized black market in Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 17,731 liberian dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zwedru's national animal is the pepper bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Zwedru is ranked 107,948th in the world and 2nd in Liberia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.93 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Largest Populations: 518thTop
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Most Authoritarian: 12,743rdTop
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Most Income Equality: 24,373rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 25,596thMost Ignorant Citizens: 25,982nd

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Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.
  • : Zwedru was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Ignorant Citizens.

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