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Most Subsidized Industry: 476thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 510thLargest Mining Sector: 973rd
The Daily Wanderings of
Iron Fist Consumerists
Anyone Seen A Carrot?
Influence
Zero
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Few

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Featured Hopper

Population7.042 billion

CapitalCarrot City
Leaderthat scwewy wabbit

Currencycarrot
Animalhopper

The Daily Wanderings of Featured Hopper is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by that scwewy wabbit with an iron fist, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, punitive income tax rates, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.042 billion Featured Hoppers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carrot City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Featured Hopperian economy, worth a remarkable 1,778 trillion carrots 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 amazing 252,606 carrots, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,099,742 per year while the poor average 36,724, a ratio of 29.9 to 1.

Science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, religious bigotry is not allowed but bigotry against theism is encouraged, and students learn how to disarm mines before understanding basic arithmetic. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Featured Hopper's national animal is the hopper, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Featured Hopper is ranked 176,295th in the world and 13th in Duplicates for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.

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Most Subsidized Industry: 476thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 510thLargest Mining Sector: 973rdLargest Retail Industry: 1,864thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2,114thLargest Black Market: 2,462ndMost Corrupt Governments: 2,846thTop
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Most Efficient Economies: 3,397thMost Patriotic: 3,547thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 3,651stMost Avoided: 4,030thMost Primitive: 4,604thFattest Citizens: 4,681stMost Armed: 4,688thLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 4,732ndHighest Average Incomes: 5,242ndLargest Manufacturing Sector: 6,513thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 7,278thLargest Governments: 7,317thRudest Citizens: 7,584thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 8,064thHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,453rdMost Devout: 10,215thMost Valuable International Artwork: 10,657thMost Ignorant Citizens: 12,400thNudest: 12,448thTop
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Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 14,355thHighest Economic Output: 14,715thLowest Crime Rates: 16,827thMost Advanced Public Education: 24,645th
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Most Patriotic: 1st in the regionLargest Black Market: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionMost Armed: 1st in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 1st in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 1st in the regionLargest Arms Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 1st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 1st in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 1st in the regionRudest Citizens: 1st in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 1st in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 1st in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 1st in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 1st in the regionMost Devout: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 2nd in the regionFattest Citizens: 2nd in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 2nd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 2nd in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2nd in the regionMost Avoided: 2nd in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2nd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 2nd in the regionMost Conservative: 2nd in the regionLargest Governments: 2nd in the regionNudest: 2nd in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 2nd in the region

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