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The Tree Land of A Forest

“We Will Endure”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Unheard Of
Economy:
Basket Case
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Sprat

Location: Suspicious

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A Forest

Population8.228 billion

Currencyleaf
Animaltree 🌲

The Tree Land of A Forest is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 8.228 billion Forestians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 39.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Forestian economy, worth 86.3 trillion leaves 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance 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 10,486 leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Forest's national animal is the tree 🌲.

A Forest is ranked 56,290th in the world and 473rd in Suspicious for Most Stationary, with 786.51718412868 days.

Top
5%
Most Authoritarian: 3,793rdMost Income Equality: 5,199thTop
10%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 19,238thMost Conservative: 21,993rdMost Extreme: 25,180th
Top
5%
Most Income Equality: 116th in the regionMost Authoritarian: 354th in the regionTop
10%
Most Stationary: 473rd in the regionMost Extreme: 594th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 697th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 841st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : A Forest altered its national flag.
  • : A Forest's influence in Suspicious rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
  • : A Forest was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : A Forest was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Extreme.
  • : A Forest's influence in Suspicious fell from "Sprat" to "Minnow".
  • : A Forest's influence in Suspicious rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
  • : A Forest's influence in Suspicious fell from "Sprat" to "Minnow".
  • : A Forest's influence in Suspicious rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
  • : A Forest's influence in Suspicious fell from "Sprat" to "Minnow".
  • : A Forest's influence in Suspicious rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".

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