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Credits to SherpDaWerp and Esfalsa for finding out and for more information.

So the census scores can be added into your factbook, simply use these relevant codes.

Now with possible references! Information for references taken from Wikipedia, Google searches across various websites, and more.
Thanks to Verdant Haven (standard disclaimer that they have no insider knowledge) for further input on Death Rate, Social Conservatism, Business Subsidization, Book Publishing, Youth Rebelliousness, Influence, Public Education.
West Barack and East Obama for Ideological Radicality and Youth Rebelliousness.
New Ciencia for further input on Scientific Advancement.
Codger for further input on Youth Rebelliousness.

Replace census-score-N (N is a number) with census-rank-N and census-regionrank-N for respective World Ranks and Regional Ranks (Thanks to Violet here).

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Stats ID Number

Stat Value

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Stat

Possible Reference(s)

0

75.28 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units

[ data:census-score-0 ]

Civil Rights

Martin Luther King Jr. himself, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement.

1

103.75 Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index

[ data:census-score-1 ]

Economy

Paul Krugman, a New York Times Opinion columnist, writes about macroeconomics, trade, health care, social policy and politics. Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006.

2

55.62 Diebold Election Inking Scale

[ data:census-score-2 ]

Political Freedoms

Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold Election Systems, Inc. (DESI). A subsidiary of Diebold that made and sold voting machines.

3

18,347,000,000 capita

[ data:census-score-3 ]

Population

Late 17th century: Latin, literally ‘by heads’.

4

1.02 Rich To Poor Income Ratio

[ data:census-score-4 ]

Wealth Gaps

Nil. Matter of factly.

5

12.95 Bus Surprisal Index

[ data:census-score-5 ]

Death Rate

The phrase "Getting hit by a bus" is a common way to reference the idea of an unexpected death. Business redundancy planning is sometimes done in terms of a "bus factor" – the idea of figuring how many people can "get hit by a bus" without losing everybody who can do a particular vital function in the business.

6

359.50 Kitten Softness Rating

[ data:census-score-6 ]

Compassion

Kittens are soft. Meow.

7

31,677.35 Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index

[ data:census-score-7 ]

Eco-Friendliness

Dolphin Project, and how often times eco-friendly stuff associates with dolphins.

8

28.08 Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index

[ data:census-score-8 ]

Social Conservatism

George W. Bush and Rick Santorum, both Republicans. Dawning Terror Index – The color coded "Homeland Security Advisory System" that was introduced in early 2002, shortly before NationStates was released, was often called something similar to a "terror index." It was the subject of widespread mockery in late-night shows and other satire.

9

198.00 cheeks per square mile

[ data:census-score-9 ]

Nudity

Buttcheeks.

10

-40.00 Henry Ford Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-10 ]

Industry: Automobile Manufacturing

Henry Ford and his introduction of moving assembly lines, cheap mass-produced cars.

11

710.15 Mozzarella Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-11 ]

Industry: Cheese Exports

Mozzarella is used for most types of pizza and several pasta dishes or served with sliced tomatoes and basil in Caprese salad.

12

-22.91 Hickory Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-12 ]

Industry: Basket Weaving

Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes around 18 species. One of the materials used for basket weaving.

13

102,643.17 Fann-Boi Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-13 ]

Industry: Information Technology

A play on the word "fanboy". Tech fanboys are a common thing.

14

-39.56 Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-14 ]

Industry: Pizza Delivery

Pepperoni is one of the more common toppings for an average pizza.

15

-21.73 Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index

[ data:census-score-15 ]

Industry: Trout Fishing

Titutar character from Finding Nemo. Overfishing = Depletion.

16

15,557.58 Charon Conveyancy Index

[ data:census-score-16 ]

Industry: Arms Manufacturing

Greek Mythology. Charon carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the worlds of the living and the dead. Weapons, well, kills and sends people to their deaths. Potentially a Red vs. Blue reference with Charon Industries.

17

-30.25 Mu-Bah-Daggs Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-17 ]

Sector: Agriculture

Most likely this: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=446191

18

-52.18 Addison-Fukk Productivity Rating

[ data:census-score-18 ]

Industry: Beverage Sales

2013 American comedy-drama called Syrup. Addison Cola Company and FUKK.

19

-61.07 Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index

[ data:census-score-19 ]

Industry: Timber Woodchipping

Tasmanian Devil, though most likely the Looney Tunes version.

20

-69.35 Blue Sky Asbestos Index

[ data:census-score-20 ]

Industry: Mining

Blue Sky Mine is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in February 1990 as the first single from their seventh studio album, Blue Sky Mining (1990). The song was inspired by the experiences of workers at the Wittenoom asbestos mines who contracted various asbestos-related diseases. The "blue" refers to blue asbestos, and the "sugar refining company" mentioned in the lyrics refers to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company Ltd, the owner of the mines.

21

-49.44 Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating

[ data:census-score-21 ]

Industry: Insurance

Removing the risk of cost, what an insurance does on paper.

22

-28.98 Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-22 ]

Industry: Furniture Restoration

Spitting and Polishing, either literally done mostly on shoes (as seen in early 20th Century films), or the term "Spit and Polish" - extreme attention to cleanliness, orderliness, smartness of appearance, and ceremony.

23

-42.05 Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-23 ]

Industry: Retail

A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone (consignment). Shrink-wrapping is a common method for securing goods from damage.

24

51,228.87 Bella Potter Productivity e-Index

[ data:census-score-24 ]

Industry: Book Publishing

Bella Swan from Twilight, and Harry Potter from, well, Harry Potter. "E-Index" as opposed to just an "Index" like the 31 other uses of the term, suggests specific references to internet fan-fic (ie, romantic pairing off between Bella and Harry).

25

-59.60 Kelly Criterion Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-25 ]

Industry: Gambling

Kelly Criterion, a formula for sizing a bet in probability theory.

26

15,557.58 Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index

[ data:census-score-26 ]

Sector: Manufacturing

S8E7 of South Park - Goobacks. "Goobacks" serves as a satire of illegal immigration, and mocks both sides of the debate concerning it. The episode is widely remembered as the origin of the catchphrase "They took our jobs!". Jobs = Jerbs in this case, likely.

27

126.28 Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index

[ data:census-score-27 ]

Government Size

Nil. Most likely a matter of fact on bureaucracies and their scale.

28

20,860.70 Safety Net Mesh Density Rating

[ data:census-score-28 ]

Welfare

The thicker and denser a flexible safety net mesh, the less dangerous your jump (e.g. when jumping off a burning building).

29

27,436.17 Theresa-Nightingale Rating

[ data:census-score-29 ]

Public Healthcare

Possibly Teresa Grodzińska, Polish wartime nurse, the first woman in the Second Polish Republic to receive Poland's highest military decoration Virtuti Militari. Florence Nightingale, who came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. I did think of Mother Teresa for the first part, but I decided to go with the Polish nurse.

30

18,526.40 Orwell Orderliness Index

[ data:census-score-30 ]

Law Enforcement

Nineteen Eighty-Four and George Orwell.

31

27,238.91 Gilded Widget Scale

[ data:census-score-31 ]

Business Subsidization

A "widget" is a very common thing to talk about in hypothetical manufacturing scenarios when discussing businesses. Hypothetical factories manufacture widgets, hypothetical logistics networks transport widgets, hypothetical storefronts sell widgets, etc. Basically, it's a stand-in product that means whatever you want it to mean, so you don't have to worry about variables that aren't deliberately part of the scenario. To say the widgets are gilded is to reference their having the appearance of being fancy or flashy (though not actually being any better quality), in this case implied to be due to the government giving industry extra money for their widget production/shipping/sales etc.

32

11,513.86 prayers per hour

[ data:census-score-32 ]

Religiousness

Nil.

33

98.01 Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale

[ data:census-score-33 ]

Income Equality

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

34

250.02 average smiles per day

[ data:census-score-34 ]

Niceness

:)

35

4.67 insults per minute

[ data:census-score-35 ]

Rudeness

Nil.

36

506.39 quips per hour

[ data:census-score-36 ]

Intelligence

Nil.

37

0.29 missed references per hour

[ data:census-score-37 ]

Ignorance

Nil.

38

2.66 Whatever

[ data:census-score-38 ]

Political Apathy

Meh.

39

64.36 bananas ingested per day

[ data:census-score-39 ]

Health

Eating one banana per day is a healthy option, according to most.

40

97.92 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full

[ data:census-score-40 ]

Cheerfulness

A typical gauge of who is optimistic and pessimistic. Half-full, or half-empty.

41

2,419.00 meters of sunlight

[ data:census-score-41 ]

Weather

A rather unusual measurement. An area makes more sense.

42

347.59 law-abiding acts per hour

[ data:census-score-42 ]

Compliance

Nil.

43

276.68 Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating

[ data:census-score-43 ]

Safety

Bubble Wrap.

44

102.61 years

[ data:census-score-44 ]

Lifespan

Nil.

45

24.90 Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index

[ data:census-score-45 ]

Ideological Radicality

Ron Paul and Ralph Nader, former US president candidates who were considered extreme at their respective opposite ends of the political spectrum.

46

12,772.86 Total War Preparedness Rating

[ data:census-score-46 ]

Defense Forces

Nil.

47

396.38 cheeks turned per day

[ data:census-score-47 ]

Pacifism

Turn the other cheek. Refrain from retaliating when one has been attacked or insulted.

48

-97.89 Rand Index

[ data:census-score-48 ]

Economic Freedom

Ayn Rand. Known for her fiction (particularly Atlas Shrugged) and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism.

49

117.89 Effective Tax Rate

[ data:census-score-49 ]

Taxation

Nil.

50

-5,415.31 Hayek Index

[ data:census-score-50 ]

Freedom From Taxation

Friedrich Hayek, generally against taxes (in particular, inheritance tax and progressive tax).

51

0.13 kickbacks per hour

[ data:census-score-51 ]

Corruption

A kickback is an illegal payment intended as compensation for preferential treatment or any other type of improper services received.

52

98.94 percentage of bribes refused

[ data:census-score-52 ]

Integrity

Nil.

53

852.33 milliStalins

[ data:census-score-53 ]

Authoritarianism

Joseph Stalin, dictator of the USSR, known for Gulags and Great Purge.

54

-160.00 Stark-Dean Displacement Index

[ data:census-score-54 ]

Youth Rebelliousness

Possible stark contrast to school deans. "Rebel Without a Cause" reference to James Dean playing Jim Stark. Displacement is a Freudian psychological concept that refers to the transfer of stresses or aggressions from one situation (where they can't be safely expressed) to another (where they can, often with negative consequences). For example, a bad home life might trigger a person to engage in antisocial behavior outside the home. The main characters from RWAC, including Dean's, all exhibit this behavior.

55

903.00 Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale

[ data:census-score-55 ]

Culture

Harold Snufflebottom, Mayor of Malibu in Barbie? Pentatonic scale, also called five-note scale or five-tone scale, musical scale containing five different tones. Particularly noteworthy as being a sort of Ur-scale, something that existed in the ancient past all over the world.

"Wiggendum" is a version of the Old English/Anglo-Saxon word meaning "Warriors." In light of the very old-fashioned nature of these other references, I'm inclined to see the use of "Snufflebottom" as a reference to the early Old English origins of that name – Scepwoella. I'm not sure why it was chosen in particular, but it feels like this would be relevant. (Scepwoella-Wiggendum, if indeed that is what it comes from, would mean something like "Warriors of the Sheep-Wash").

Alternatively, "Snufflebottom" and "Wiggendum" are the sort of human names that sound simultaneously pretentious and also somewhat amusing.

56

99.24 Workforce Participation Rate

[ data:census-score-56 ]

Employment

Nil.

57

14,613.99 Societal Mobility Rating

[ data:census-score-57 ]

Public Transport

Nil.

58

4,129.23 tourists per hour

[ data:census-score-58 ]

Tourism

Nil.

59

0.05 weapons per person

[ data:census-score-59 ]

Weaponization

Nil.

60

2.51 Pineapple Fondness Rating

[ data:census-score-60 ]

Recreational Drug Use

Cocaine-stuffed Pineapples?

61

0.87 Obesity Rate

[ data:census-score-61 ]

Obesity

Nil.

62

0.91 Atheism Rate

[ data:census-score-62 ]

Secularism

Nil.

63

14,248.98 pounds of wildlife per square mile

[ data:census-score-63 ]

Environmental Beauty

Nil.

64

0.16 Kardashian Reflex Score

[ data:census-score-64 ]

Charmlessness

Kim Kardashian, particularly explotive, controversial, poor role model. Her show definitely does not do any favors. Kanye West being her husband is also a possible factor.

65

150,166.00 Soft Power Disbursement Rating

[ data:census-score-65 ]

Influence

"Soft Power" refers to the ability to negotiate diplomatically to get what one wants (vs "Hard Power" which is something like militarily forcing what you want).

66

421.00 valid endorsements

[ data:census-score-66 ]

World Assembly Endorsements

Nil.

67

30.10 Average Standardized Normality Scale

[ data:census-score-67 ]

Averageness

Apart from Scale, the three other words more or less mean the same thing.

68

100.87 Human Development Index

[ data:census-score-68 ]

Human Development Index

Nil.

69

-1,829.06 Scary Big Number Scale

[ data:census-score-69 ]

Primitiveness

Nil.

70

1,805.66 Kurzweil Singularity Index

[ data:census-score-70 ]

Scientific Advancement

Raymond Kurzweil. American computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist. A gravitational singularity, spacetime singularity or simply singularity is a condition in which gravity is predicted to be so intense that spacetime itself would break down catastrophically. Alternatively, more likely refers to the concept of a technological singularity - a hypothetical scenario where the rate of technological advancement effectively goes to infinity, causing uncontrollable and unforseeable change.

71

1,298.39 Mandela-Wollstonecraft Non-Discrimination Index

[ data:census-score-71 ]

Inclusiveness

Nelson Mandela (South African anti-apartheid activist and first president of South Africa) and Mary Wollstonecraft (British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights).

72

476,931.74 Standard Monetary Units

[ data:census-score-72 ]

Average Income

Nil.

73

471,922.50 Standard Monetary Units

[ data:census-score-73 ]

Average Income Of Poor

Nil.

74

481,490 Standard Monetary Units

[ data:census-score-74 ]

Average Income Of Rich

Nil.

75

48,099.60 Edu-tellignce\u00AE Test Score

[ data:census-score-75 ]

Public Education

A reference to standardized tests, such as SAT. Play on Education and Intelligence. There's a chance that there is "\u00AE" in the stat's name. It's Unicode Character 'REGISTERED SIGN' (U+00AE), or ®. The ® is definitely a reference to the fact that things like the SAT and GRE are trademarked proprietary tests belonging to for-profit companies, who are unrelenting in their profiteering.

76

8,750,267,000,000,000 Standard Monetary Units

[ data:census-score-76 ]

Economic Output

Nil.

77

0.98 crimes per hour

[ data:census-score-77 ]

Crime

Nil.

78

12,361.89 Clooney Contribution Index

[ data:census-score-78 ]

Foreign Aid

George Clooney and his Humanitarian work.

79

147,800,000,000 Standard Monetary Units

[ data:census-score-79 ]

Black Market

Nil.

80

1,609.53 days

[ data:census-score-80 ]

Residency

Nil.

81

4,252,000,000 survivors

[ data:census-score-81 ]

Survivors

Nil.

82

3,707,000,000 zombies

[ data:census-score-82 ]

Zombies

Nil.

83

10,388,000,000 bodies

[ data:census-score-83 ]

Dead

Nil.

84

46.58 Romero-Brooks Index

[ data:census-score-84 ]

Percentage Zombies

George A. Romero for his Night of the Living Dead series. Max Brooks for his World War Z work.

85

0.00 Standard Monetary Units

[ data:census-score-85 ]

Average Disposable Income

Nil.

86

0.00 Bank

[ data:census-score-86 ]

Deck Value

Nil.

87

110.46 flags saluted per person per day

[ data:census-score-87 ]

Patriotism

Nil.

88

765.89 Meeshlin-Starr Index

[ data:census-score-88 ]

Food Quality

Michelin Star. One-star rating means, “a very good restaurant,” two stars signify “excellent cooking that is worth a detour,” and a three-star restaurant is one that offers “exceptional cuisine that is worth a special journey.”

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