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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 59thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,817thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 5,079th
The Legend of
Moralistic Democracy
Baa
Influence
Diplomat
Region
Civil Rights
Rare
Economy
All-Consuming
Political Freedom
Below Average

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Sheepy Hollow

Population13.784 billion

LeaderThe Sage
FaithAncestor Worship

CurrencyWool
AnimalGhost Shepherd

The Legend of Sheepy Hollow is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by The Sage with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, state-planned economy, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 13.784 billion Sheeples are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sheepy Hollowian economy, worth a remarkable 1,325 trillion Wools 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, extremely specialized black market in Trout Farming and Soda Sales. 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 96,193 Wools, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Mountains of VHS tapes of police actions are stacking up in the National Library, prisoners regularly escape detention posing as scarecrows, frat-house partying has become the national pastime, and Sheepy Hollowian dissenters are begging human rights groups to ignore them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sheepy Hollow's national animal is the Ghost Shepherd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ancestor Worship.

Sheepy Hollow is ranked 34,275th in the world and 8th in Caer Sidi for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,499.17 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 59thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,817thTop
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Highest Foreign Aid Spending: 5,079thMost Valuable International Artwork: 8,084thLargest Black Market: 8,217thNudest: 9,086thMost Advanced Public Education: 11,358thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 13,141stMost Influential: 15,905thTop
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Largest Welfare Programs: 18,329thHighest Average Tax Rates: 18,850thMost Stationary: 21,999thMost Corrupt Governments: 24,459thMost Advanced Public Transport: 25,353rdMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 27,239thHighest Economic Output: 28,109thMost Subsidized Industry: 31,558th
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 1st in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 1st in the regionMost Conservative: 1st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 1st in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 1st in the regionTop
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Most Authoritarian: 2nd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 2nd in the regionNudest: 2nd in the regionLargest Black Market: 2nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Sheepy Hollow's influence in Caer Sidi rose from "Handshaker" to "Diplomat".
  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
  • : Sheepy Hollow's influence in Caer Sidi fell from "Diplomat" to "Handshaker".
  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
  • : Sheepy Hollow lodged a message on the Caer Sidi Regional Message Board.
  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
  • : Sheepy Hollow's influence in Caer Sidi rose from "Handshaker" to "Diplomat".
  • : Sheepy Hollow was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.

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