by Max Barry

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Category: Benevolent Dictatorship
Civil Rights:
Frightening
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Outlawed

Regional Influence: Hatchling

Location: Europe

OverviewPoliciesPeopleGovernmentEconomyRankTrendCards

CSBs Other Cards

Population2.553 billion

CapitalCardiff City
LeaderCardi B
FaithVioletism

CurrencyCredit Card
AnimalCardinal

The Oops I did It Again (¬ ― ¬) of CSBs Other Cards is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Cardi B with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 2.553 billion Cardigans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, although Healthcare, Administration, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cardiff City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Cardigan economy, worth 418 trillion Credit Cards a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 163,922 Credit Cards, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,139,957 per year while the poor average 8,209, a ratio of 138 to 1.

Atheism is seen as a prerequisite for political power, ad hoc militias patrol the streets in an effort to control rampant crime, politicians that report exaggerated crowd sizes for their speeches are dismissed for being delusional, and hammering a nail into a wall is an effective death sentence. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. CSBs Other Cards's national animal is the Cardinal, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Violetism.

CSBs Other Cards is ranked 215,903rd in the world and 1,281st in Europe for Largest Governments, scoring 10.15 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

Top
1%
Highest Drug Use: 271stMost Valuable International Artwork: 795thHighest Crime Rates: 825thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 961stLargest Gambling Industry: 986thFattest Citizens: 1,306thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 1,436thMost Armed: 1,499thMost Avoided: 1,518thMost Extreme: 1,690thMost Pro-Market: 1,788thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 1,838thGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 1,931stHighest Wealthy Incomes: 2,048thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,145thLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 2,702ndHighest Disposable Incomes: 2,741stTop
5%
Most Rebellious Youth: 3,494thMost Cheerful Citizens: 3,631stLargest Retail Industry: 4,255thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 5,939thLargest Mining Sector: 6,186thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 7,898thMost Inclusive: 12,070thTop
10%
Nudest: 19,070thHighest Average Incomes: 19,666thMost Ignorant Citizens: 22,642ndMost Extensive Civil Rights: 22,858thLargest Manufacturing Sector: 27,572ndLargest Agricultural Sector: 27,742ndMost Efficient Economies: 29,633rdMost Corrupt Governments: 33,425th
Top
1%
Highest Drug Use: 1st in the regionMost Extreme: 2nd in the regionMost Pro-Market: 2nd in the regionHighest Crime Rates: 5th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 6th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 8th in the regionMost Avoided: 8th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 8th in the regionLowest Overall Tax Burden: 9th in the regionFattest Citizens: 10th in the regionLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 11th in the regionMost Armed: 12th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 13th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 14th in the regionTop
5%
Largest Soda Pop Sector: 17th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 21st in the regionLargest Pizza Delivery Sector: 21st in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 23rd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 26th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 27th in the regionHighest Disposable Incomes: 32nd in the regionNudest: 47th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 50th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 59th in the regionTop
10%
Most Cheerful Citizens: 87th in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 90th in the regionLargest Manufacturing Sector: 131st in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 151st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : CSBs Other Cards was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Corrupt Governments.
  • : CSBs Other Cards changed its national animal to "Cardinal", its currency to "Credit Card", its faith to "Violetism", its leader to "Cardi B", its motto to "p", and its nation type to "Oops I did It Again (¬ ― ¬)".
  • : Following new legislation in CSBs Other Cards, hammering a nail into a wall is an effective death sentence.
  • : Following new legislation in CSBs Other Cards, politicians that report exaggerated crowd sizes for their speeches are dismissed for being delusional.
  • : Following new legislation in CSBs Other Cards, ad hoc militias patrol the streets in an effort to control rampant crime.
  • : CSBs Other Cards was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in CSBs Other Cards, atheism is seen as a prerequisite for political power.
  • : Following new legislation in CSBs Other Cards, good-looking soldier boys have celebrity status amongst the nation's homosexuals.
  • : Following new legislation in CSBs Other Cards, young people crowd pizza parlors praying to 'The Supreme Pizza, His Immaculate Munchiness'.
  • : Following new legislation in CSBs Other Cards, popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security".

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