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Most Patriotic: 4,700thMost Armed: 5,128thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6,394th
The Rogue Nation of
Corrupt Dictatorship
Pride and Industry
Influence
Minnow
Civil Rights
Below Average
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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MSN55

Population2.911 billion

CapitalGasparj
LeaderHighlander
FaithCards

Currencyfranc
Animaleagle

The Rogue Nation of MSN55 is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Highlander with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.911 billion MSN55ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gasparj. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient MSN55ian economy, worth 436 trillion francs 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 a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 150,024 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls, the government has declared that monochrome cinema is the next big thing, and it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MSN55's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cards.

MSN55 is ranked 193,864th in the world and 3,744th in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.37 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Most Patriotic: 4,700thMost Armed: 5,128thLargest Furniture Restoration Industry: 6,394thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 8,538thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 8,936thLargest Mining Sector: 11,980thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 12,171stLowest Crime Rates: 14,607thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 15,043rdHealthiest Citizens: 15,224thMost Subsidized Industry: 19,504thMost Corrupt Governments: 20,340thMost Efficient Economies: 20,445thHighest Poor Incomes: 20,562ndHighest Average Incomes: 22,736thLargest Governments: 24,417thMost Devout: 24,848thLargest Black Market: 25,079thMost Scientifically Advanced: 26,647thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 28,893rd
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Largest Furniture Restoration Industry: 81st in the regionMost Armed: 98th in the regionMost Patriotic: 99th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 136th in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 138th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 142nd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 178th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 236th in the regionLargest Black Market: 258th in the regionTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 291st in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 317th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 377th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 383rd in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 395th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 425th in the regionMost Devout: 471st in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 482nd in the regionLargest Governments: 486th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 503rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : MSN55 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Patriotic and the Top 10% for Highest Poor Incomes, Largest Black Market, Highest Average Incomes, and Most Scientifically Advanced.
  • : MSN55 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN55, it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN55, the government has declared that monochrome cinema is the next big thing.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN55, sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN55, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN55, exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN55, many MSN55ians twitch nervously at the sight of nuns.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN55, MSN55ian tourists are banned from many nations due to their tendency to randomly explode.
  • : Following new legislation in MSN55, the relatives of suicide victims tend to be angry rather than sad.

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