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The Bored Skellingtons of D094

“Unmoored ships will drift with the merry wind's whim”

Category: Authoritarian Democracy
Civil Rights:
Some
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Average

Regional Influence: Apprentice

Location: Windows

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D094

Population11.546 billion

CapitalCheese Wheel
LeaderBig Cheese
FaithOur Savior Cheesus

CurrencyBank
AnimalCheetah

The Bored Skellingtons of D094 is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Big Cheese with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, free-roaming dinosaurs, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 11.546 billion Cheeseheads are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cheese Wheel. The average income tax rate is 71.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cheesy economy, worth a remarkable 1,235 trillion Banks 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an impressive 107,024 Banks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

New pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides, recapturing giraffes is proving to be a tall order, and citizens insist that there's no law against standing downwind when marijuana crops are burned off. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. D094's national animal is the Cheetah, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Our Savior Cheesus.

D094 is ranked 218,722nd in the world and 17th in Windows for Highest Food Quality, scoring 10.39 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

Top
5%
Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 4,944thLargest Mining Sector: 6,288thNudest: 8,513thMost Rebellious Youth: 12,532ndMost Stationary: 13,270thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 13,938thTop
10%
Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 16,252ndLargest Black Market: 16,591stMost Devout: 19,737thHighest Economic Output: 23,307thMost Cultured: 23,831stMost Advanced Defense Forces: 24,860thMost Influential: 28,902nd
Top
1%
Safest: 1st in the regionTop
5%
Most Cultured: 3rd in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 5th in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 5th in the regionTop
10%
Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 7th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 8th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 9th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 9th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary and the Top 10% for Most Influential, Largest Black Market, and Highest Economic Output.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Influential.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Stationary and the Top 10% for Highest Poor Incomes.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : D094 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market.

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