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The Community of Bob the Cartographer

“I map it all! (Owned by Rougiea)”

Category: Psychotic Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Reasonable
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Nipper

Location: Forest

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Bob the Cartographer

Population406 million

CurrencyIsland
AnimalContinent

The Community of Bob the Cartographer is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 406 million Cartographers 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 large government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 47.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Cartographic economy, worth 15.5 trillion Islands a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,157 Islands, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The dartboard at the Cartographic Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Leader's face, immigrants who don't like the taste of Cartographic Turnip Chips are immediately deported, the government seizes all major gold finds, and the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bob the Cartographer's national animal is the Continent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bob the Cartographer is ranked 168,532nd in the world and 220th in Forest for Most Developed, scoring 54.35 on the Human Development Index.

Top
5%
Most Primitive: 3,131stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 7,919thTop
10%
Most Pacifist: 19,436thMost Cultured: 29,294th
Top
10%
Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 17th in the regionMost Primitive: 22nd in the regionMost Authoritarian: 23rd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 26th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Bob the Cartographer's influence in Forest rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
  • : Bob the Cartographer lodged a message on the Forest Regional Message Board.
  • : Following new legislation in Bob the Cartographer, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli.
  • : Bob the Cartographer was reclassified from "Authoritarian Democracy" to "Psychotic Dictatorship".
  • : Following new legislation in Bob the Cartographer, the government seizes all major gold finds.
  • : Following new legislation in Bob the Cartographer, immigrants who don't like the taste of Cartographic Turnip Chips are immediately deported.
  • : Following new legislation in Bob the Cartographer, the dartboard at the Cartographic Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Leader's face.
  • : Following new legislation in Bob the Cartographer, spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches.
  • : Following new legislation in Bob the Cartographer, the military's newest toy broadcasts Bob the Cartographer's anthem on hostile frequencies to drive enemies insane.
  • : Following new legislation in Bob the Cartographer, glamping Cartographers won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi.

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