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Most Income Equality: 934thMost Valuable International Artwork: 1,101stMost Authoritarian: 9,512th
The All-Powerful Hive Mind of
Corrupt Dictatorship
All as one.
Influence
Minnow
Region
Civil Rights
Average
Economy
Basket Case
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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The Serendipitous

Population2.503 billion

Currencyunit
AnimalSerene

The All-Powerful Hive Mind of The Serendipitous is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 2.503 billion Serendipitousians 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 enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Serendipitousian economy, worth 26.5 trillion units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 10,578 units, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police double as repo men, students consistently complain that the wi-fi ate their homework, a government program is underway to revitalize The Serendipitous's beaches, and Serendipitousian soldiers are assured their new ray-guns will finally power up after the next round of ominous chanting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Serendipitous's national animal is the Serene.

The Serendipitous is ranked 47,471st in the world and 1,751st in Osiris for Highest Drug Use, scoring 283.83 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.

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Most Income Equality: 934thMost Valuable International Artwork: 1,101stTop
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Most Authoritarian: 9,512thMost Cheerful Citizens: 13,383rdMost Pacifist: 13,794thTop
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Safest: 24,017thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 24,250thHighest Average Tax Rates: 28,548th
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Most Valuable International Artwork: 23rd in the regionMost Income Equality: 31st in the regionTop
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Most Authoritarian: 516th in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 663rd in the regionMost Pacifist: 748th in the regionTop
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Safest: 1,315th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 1,389th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,432nd in the regionMost Extreme: 1,629th in the regionHighest Drug Use: 1,751st in the region

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