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The Mercurial Borderlands of Barometers

“All I ask is to rain down lightning from above...”

Category: Father Knows Best State
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Strong
Political Freedoms:
Rare

Regional Influence: Squire

Location: Equilism

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Barometers

Population25.963 billion

CapitalThunderdome
LeaderZeus
Faithsolipsism

Currencyicicle
Animalsharknado

The Mercurial Borderlands of Barometers is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Zeus with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 25.963 billion Barometrians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thunderdome. The average income tax rate is 48.7%.

The strong Barometrian economy, worth a remarkable 1,365 trillion icicles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 52,592 icicles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, environmental protestors are being rounded up and taken away in sinister black vans as a massive land development campaign gets underway, and the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Barometers's national animal is the sharknado, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is solipsism.

Barometers is ranked 174,801st in the world and 78th in Equilism for Most Stationary, with 90.253588071 days.

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Largest Populations: 7,054thHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 10,314thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 14,885thHighest Economic Output: 20,097thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 24,510thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 27,737th
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 7th in the regionMost Devout: 9th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Barometers was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
  • : Barometers's influence in Equilism rose from "Hatchling" to "Squire".
  • : Barometers relocated from Balder to Equilism.
  • : Barometers altered its national flag.
  • : Barometers was refounded in Balder.
  • : Barometers ceased to exist in Equilism.
  • : Barometers was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from Astarial, curing 141 million infected.
  • : Barometers was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from Astarial, curing 133 million infected.
  • : Barometers was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from Astarial, curing 250 million infected.
  • : Barometers was struck by a Mk II (Sterilizer) Cure Missile from Astarial, curing 207 million infected.

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