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Highest Drug Use: 178thLargest Welfare Programs: 702ndMost Rebellious Youth: 1,467th
The Website Nation of
Scandinavian Liberal Paradise
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Jacob
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Jacob
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Jacobs

Population3.944 billion

CapitalJacobston
LeaderJacob

Currencydoubloon
Animalfossa

The Website Nation of Jacobs is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jacob with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, state-planned economy, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.944 billion Jacobsians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jacobston. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Jacobsian economy, worth 780 trillion doubloons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 197,812 doubloons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, most ambassadors from Jacobs retire only a few years after being appointed, students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations, and autopsies often involve only cursory examination. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Jacobs's national animal is the fossa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jacobs is ranked 295,430th in the world and 5th in Jacobs for Lowest Crime Rates, with 6.57 law-abiding acts per hour.

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Highest Drug Use: 178thLargest Welfare Programs: 702ndMost Rebellious Youth: 1,467thMost Advanced Public Transport: 1,770thMost Compassionate Citizens: 1,786thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 1,948thNicest Citizens: 1,961stTop
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Most Subsidized Industry: 3,303rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 3,311thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 3,455thLargest Governments: 4,616thMost Cheerful Citizens: 4,725thBest Weather: 5,024thMost Cultured: 5,532ndRudest Citizens: 6,379thMost Pacifist: 7,403rdMost Efficient Economies: 8,323rdLargest Publishing Industry: 12,724thLargest Retail Industry: 13,925thMost Armed: 14,074thTop
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Nudest: 18,341stLongest Average Lifespans: 18,430thSmartest Citizens: 20,779thMost Income Equality: 24,515thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 26,070thLargest Information Technology Sector: 26,701st

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, autopsies often involve only cursory examination.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, most ambassadors from Jacobs retire only a few years after being appointed.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, the nation leads Jacobs in per capita stalking.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, bins outnumber trees in city parks.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, 10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners.
  • : Following new legislation in Jacobs, Jacob lives life on the open road - complete with groupies.

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