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The People's Republic of A Penguin Tiger

“Happy Feet vs Tigger”

Category: Corrupt Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Powerhouse
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Texas

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A Penguin Tiger

Population25.721 billion

CurrencyCoins
AnimalTiggerpenguins of Happy Feet

The People's Republic of A Penguin Tiger is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 25.721 billion Penguin Tigerians 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 58.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Penguin Tigerian economy, worth a remarkable 2,074 trillion Coins 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. 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 80,671 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away", women who can do math in their head are burned for witchcraft, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere, and the sick and dying are locked in their homes with a red "X" painted on the front door. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Penguin Tiger's national animal is the Tiggerpenguins of Happy Feet, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

A Penguin Tiger is ranked 45,508th in the world and 32nd in Texas for Most Beautiful Environments, with 710.58 pounds of wildlife per square mile.

Top
5%
Most Valuable International Artwork: 7,114thLargest Populations: 7,220thHighest Economic Output: 12,052ndMost Stationary: 12,947thTop
10%
Most World Assembly Endorsements: 18,380thLargest Black Market: 18,630thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 26,929thSafest: 27,114th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary, Highest Economic Output, and Most Valuable International Artwork and the Top 10% for Most World Assembly Endorsements and Largest Black Market.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Zombies and Most Dead.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Compassionate Citizens.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Compassionate Citizens.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : A Penguin Tiger was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.

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