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Highest Poor Incomes: 6,035thLargest Retail Industry: 7,736thLargest Publishing Industry: 8,220th
The Really Cool Autocracy of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Make a pigeon your friend and you'll never be lonely.
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The Pigeon Cult

Population3.681 billion

CapitalThe Sapphire Roost
LeaderMo Feathers
FaithWestern Pigeonism

Currencybread crumb
Animaldog

The Really Cool Autocracy of The Pigeon Cult is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Mo Feathers with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.681 billion pigeons are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Sapphire Roost. The average income tax rate is 87.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient pigeon economy, worth 596 trillion bread crumbs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 162,129 bread crumbs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, vacationing pigeons expect to be treated as royalty, and rugby players that knock each other over always stop to make sure the other fellow is okay. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Pigeon Cult's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Western Pigeonism.

The Pigeon Cult is ranked 22,773rd in the world and 15th in One big Island for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,090.32 on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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Highest Poor Incomes: 6,035thLargest Retail Industry: 7,736thLargest Publishing Industry: 8,220thMost Developed: 8,416thMost Scientifically Advanced: 8,591stMost Beautiful Environments: 9,745thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 9,998thSmartest Citizens: 10,287thMost Cultured: 10,296thLowest Crime Rates: 11,459thLargest Information Technology Sector: 11,483rdMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 11,517thHighest Food Quality: 11,759thLargest Governments: 11,835thSafest: 12,210thMost Secular: 12,259thHighest Average Tax Rates: 12,360thMost Advanced Public Education: 13,497thMost Income Equality: 13,503rdMost Inclusive: 13,520thTop
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Longest Average Lifespans: 14,914thMost Patriotic: 16,458thMost Authoritarian: 17,702ndHighest Average Incomes: 18,453rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 18,959thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 19,541stLargest Cheese Export Sector: 19,872ndBest Weather: 21,725thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 22,773rdHealthiest Citizens: 23,132ndMost Compassionate Citizens: 24,897thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 24,932ndNicest Citizens: 27,323rdLargest Manufacturing Sector: 27,883rd
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Most Income Equality: 2nd in the regionTop
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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 4th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 4th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 4th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 4th in the regionMost Developed: 5th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 5th in the regionMost Patriotic: 5th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 5th in the regionMost Inclusive: 5th in the regionSafest: 5th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 5th in the regionMost Secular: 5th in the regionNicest Citizens: 5th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 5th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 5th in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 5th in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 6th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 6th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 6th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 6th in the region

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